ONE RANDOM YEAR

Is life a collection of random events or a story with a narrative? Bettina Forget‘s project One Random Year explores this question. The artist took a one-minute video every day during 2011 and created a 365-minute movie of her life. Says the artist: “Does my life have an over-arching narrative, one that I’m not seeing because I’m in it but which may become apparent when I watch the movie? The format of film does suggest a narrative because the medium itself is built for story telling. And we have a natural tendency to impose patterns and meanings onto random events. But is my life entirely random?” The entire six-hour film is currently being screened at Visual Voice Art Gallery until March 24, 2012.

Visual Voice Art Gallery, space 421
Bettina Forget
One Random Year | Un an aléatoire
February 25 – March 24, 2012
www.visualvoicegallery.com

 

 

PAPIER 12 ART FAIR

Mark you calendars for April 12 – 15, 2012 for the next PAPIER12 Art Fair. Organized by the AGAC, this fair exclusively promotes contemporary artworks on paper. Just as last year, the fair will be located in a massive tent in the Quartier des Spectacles, corner de Maisonneuve and Bleury.

The AGAC are looking for volunteers to staff this event – if you’re interested in helping out, please get in touch with info@papiermontreal.com.

Here is a Belgo Report video of last year’s PAPIER event:

Association des galeries d’art contemporain (AGAC), space 318
www.agac.qc.ca

PAPIER12
www.papiermontreal.com

 

LOBTHA NOW OPEN

Lobhta is an artist run gallery shared by artists Valerie Polychuck, Jesse Collette and Marie-Maude Polychuck to create and exhibit their work. The exhibition space is now open regularly on Fridays and Saturdays. Occasionally Lobtha present curated exhibitions, such as the up-coming MMP vs BCO, starting Saturday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Lobtha, space 530
MMP vs BCO
http://lobhta.com