ART IN ACTION
Creative student and community contributions related to social and environmental justice
NOVEMBER 11-15, 2012
1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7th floor
(métro Guy-Concordia) MONTRÉAL
Viewing Hours:
Monday, November 12 to Thursday, November 15
10am to 8pm
wheelchair accessible / free / welcome to all!
– Vernissage: Sunday, November 11, 5pm-7pm
– Finissage: Thursday, November 15, 5pm-7pm (with performances)
Art In Action also presents “5 à 7” theme evenings with participating artists:
* Monday November 12, 5pm-7pm: The Quebec Student General Strike
* Tuesday, November 13, 5pm-7pm: The Commons & Public Space
* Wednesday, November 14, 5pm-7pm: Indigenous, Migrant & Prison Justice
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themes: the commons & public space * consumerism * environmental justice * feminism * la grève générale illimitée * image & identity * indigenous sovereignty * migration * prison justice * (anti)war
participants: Grace An * Pascale Brunet & Anne Goldenberg * Jackie Cooper * Julie Crevier * Geoffroy Delorey & Nicolas Lachapelle * Eva-Loan * Arthur Gauthier * gerald and maas * Geneviève Giroux * C. Gladu * Vivian Gu * Sophie Ingels-Fortier * Leigh Herbert * Lily Hoffman * John Lanthier * Marie La Vierge & François-Alfred Mignault * Tournesol Plante * Jesse Purcell * Thien V * Stephanie Vriend * Anastasia Wansbrough * Megan Kanerahtenha:wi Whyte * Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar * Cross Border Collective * Culture Strike * Justseeds Artists Cooperative * ‘My City, My Safety’ Youth Team * No One Is Illegal-Montreal * Patparazzi L’Oeil de la Ville * The Plant Collective
mediums: canvas * collage * comics * drawing * installation * mixed media * pen & ink * performance * photography * posters * prints * sculpture * spoken word * silkscreens * video
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exhibits and presentations:
* Self-portrait; Rob Me; The Laughter
paintings
Grace An, Film Animation, Concordia University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/292/
* La Marche des Femmes Innues
illustration
Geneviève Giroux
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/la-marche-des-femmes-innues-genevieve-giroux/
* Droit de Cité – Mais où s’en va le droit de manifester ?
vidéo
Patparazzi L’Oeil de la Ville, Collège Dawson
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/droit-de-cite-mais-ou-sen-va-le-droit-de-manifester-patparazzi-loeil-de-la-ville/
* Rêve Général Illimité
photos
Thien V, collectif Howl! Arts et Beaux-Arts, Université Concordia
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/reve-general-illimite-thien-v/
* Travers d’Epreuve
impression
Sophie Ingels-Fortier
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/travers-depreuve-sophie-ingels-fortier/
* Adelante & Greed of Death
posters & poetry
Gerald and Maas
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/adelante-greed-of-death-gerald-and-maas/
* Centre de Nourriture
drawings & text
The Plant Collective
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/258/
* The Nomad Box
sculpture
The ‘My City, My Safety’ Youth Team: Alexandra, Anaïs, Dania, Emmanuelle, Juliette, Marie-Zoé, Olga, Olivia, Rebecca, Tessa, Virginie; in collaboration with Fanie St-Michel from Conscience Urbaine
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/the-nomad-box-the-my-city-my-safety-youth-team/
* Attrape-Nigaud
sculpture
Julie Crevier, Arts Visuels et Médiatiques à l’Université du Québec à Montréal
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/attrape-nigaud-julie-crevier/
* What Am I? Why Am I?; Hybrid Spirit; Our Home ON Native Land
painting; mixed-media scuplture
Megan Kanerahtenha:wi Whyte, Concordia University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/what-am-i-why-am-i-hybrid-spirit-our-home-on-native-land-megan-kanerahtenhawi-whyte/
* Care in Action
sculpture
Pascale Brunet, La Centrale et Anne Goldenberg, Université du Québec à Montréal
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/care-in-action-pascale-brunet-anne-goldenberg/
* sans titre
photos
Arthur Gauthier
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/sans-titre-arthur-gauthier/
* Les impératifs économiques nous mèneront à la guerre
acrylique sur toile et collage
Tournesol Plante
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/les-imperatifs-economiques-nous-meneront-a-la-guerre-tournesol-plante/
* Sans Titre
métal, pellicule plastique, plâtre
Eva-Loan, Beaux-Arts, Université Concordia
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/sans-titre-eva-loan/
* J’ai mal (mater dolorosa)
performance
Marie La Vierge en collaboration avec sculpteur Francois-Alfred Mignault
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/jai-mal-marie-la-vierge-et-francois-alfred-mignault/
* Dance & Strike
photography
Anastasia Wansbrough, Concordia University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/dance-strike-anastasia-wansbrough/
* RESOURCED
prints & posters
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/resourced-justseeds-artists-cooperative/
* War Is Trauma
prints & posters
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/war-is-trauma-justseeds-artists-cooperative/
* Economic Suicide; They Shoot He Scores; Watch Out; Canadian Apartheid; A.G.F.T.P.O.T.U.S.O.A
silkscreened prints
Jesse Purcell
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/economic-suicide-they-shoot-he-scores-watch-out-canadian-apartheid-a-g-f-t-p-o-t-u-s-o-a-jesse-purcell/
* No Borders, No Nations: No One Is Illegal Poster Project
silkscreened posters
No One Is Illegal-Montreal
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/no-borders-no-nations-no-one-is-illegal-montreal/
* Migration Now
posters and prints
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative & Culture Strike
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/migration-now-justseeds-artists-cooperative-culture-strike/
* We don’t cross borders; borders cross us
posters
Cross Border Collective, Sydney, Australia
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/we-dont-cross-borders-borders-cross-us-cross-border-collective/
* Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners
posters & prints
various artists
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/certain-days-freedom-for-political-prisoners-various-artists/
* Relics of the Academy
spoken word poem
Lily Hoffman, McGill University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/relics-of-the-academy-lily-hoffman/
* Tim Foil
photography
Jackie Cooper, McGill University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/tim-foil-jackie-cooper/
* Ça va faire mal, mais ça va faire du bien
bande dessinée
Geoffroy Delorey & Nicolas Lachapelle, En Jachère
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/fr/francais-ca-va-faire-mal-mais-ca-va-faire-du-bien-geoffroy-delorey-nicolas-lachapelle/
* Unanswered Questions
collage and canvass
Leigh Hebert
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/english-unanswered-questions-leigh-hebert/
* Mixed-media creations on gender representation
mixed-media paintings
Stephanie Vriend, Concordia University Fine Arts
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/mixed-media-creations-on-gender-representation-stephanie-vriend/
* Oh Canada…
lino cut prints on paper
C. Gladu, Concordia University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/oh-canada-c-gladu/
* Robocall
cardboard, styrofoam and gesso
John Lanthier, Concordia University Fine Arts
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/robocall-john-lanthier/
* The Beauty Industry
pen & ink
Vivian Gu, McGill University
info: https://qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction/the-beauty-industry-pen-ink-vivian-gu/
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Art In Action is organized and presented by QPIRG Concordia, and endorsed by the Fine Arts Students Alliance (FASA) and QPIRG McGill
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org/artinaction
514-848-7585 – artinaction@qpirgconcordia.org