WWTWU - CQEAN (2010) - Valerie LeBanc

WWTWU – CQEAN (2010)

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What We Take With Us

In this two-channel video installation, each artist created a program of short videos exploring different aspects of memory and presence. It is an exploration of internal and external experiences characteristic to travel and displacement. The project grew from a research residency at the Sydney College for the Arts in Sydney, Australia during September / October 2009. During our stay, we researched urban, as well as more sparsely populated coastal and inland geographies of New South Wales. Starting from our personal exploration and interviews with others, we looked for indications of what it is like to live in a place and to call it home, and of displacement / shifts evoked by the experience of physi- cally repositioning oneself in the world.

In the installation settings, the programs were projected side by side. The videos can also be viewed as single-channel videos.

Ce qu’on emporte avec nous

Dans cette installation vidéo à deux canaux, chaque artiste a créé un programme de vidéos examinant différents aspects de la présence et de la mémoire. Ce projet sur le déplacement, la mouvance et le voyage a pris forme et s’est développé lors d’une résidence de recherche au Sydney College for the Arts en Australie en septembre / octobre 2009. Pendant notre séjour, nous avons effectué une série d’entrevues à Sydney ainsi que sur le territoire de la Nouvelle-Galles-du-Sud. Nous souhaitions explorer les questions relatives au sentiment d’appartenance à une région ou à une collectivité, ainsi qu’à l’expérience nomade.

Dans le cas d’installation, les deux programmes étaient projetés en boucle, côte à côte. Les vidéos peuvent aussi être visionnées en canal unique.

This project was created through the Research Residency Program for visiting Scholars at the Sydney College of the Arts, Visual Arts Faculty, University of Sydney, AU and supported by The New Brunswick Arts Board and The Canada Council for the Arts • Thanks to: Galerie E Dans L’A Gallery, Jean-Marc Dugas • Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen de l’Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB • Nisk Imbeault • Julia Tsalis - The New South Wales Writers’ Association • Anita Pollard • Ryszard Dabek • Glenn Remington • Sergio Rebelo • Stefan Popescu • Elke Wohlfahrt • Kate Quinn • Lillian Rodrigues-Pang • Paul Screen • Mary Jane and Hercules • Lorna Driscoll, Aberdeen, NSW • Russell’s rabbits, Hillsborough, NB • Audio in Walking on Water (Downunder) from ‘Devil in the Bayou’ by Harry Choates from the recording entitled Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing, ARH00380, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1993. Used by permission. • Audio remix in Anxiety: Dreaming Dread from Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero (1968), public domain. • The title for the video, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport was chosen in reference to Rolf Harris’ 1957 hit song. • Tomas Jonsson’s essay on What We Take With Us was published by The New Gallery for the exhibition. • Screenings: 2010 Red, 23es Instants Vidéo, Martigues, FR • 2011 Walking on Water, Atlantic Canada Showcase, 5th Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS • 2011 Galerie E Dans L’A Gallery, Moncton, NB • 2011 Walking on Water, She Devil 5, MACRO - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma / Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, IT • 2012 The New Gallery, Calgary, AB (for this installation, the audio for the videos played through headphones, while interviews with Australians played over the speakers. The interviews were based on what it is like to live in the place one calls home.) • 2014 Walking on Water - Gotta Minute Film Festival, Edmonton, AB • 2014 A selection of texts and images were included in the revue littéraire Mot Dit 7, Carleton University, Ottawa.

Website What We Take With Us / Ce qu’on emporte avec nous