« La Compression des instants » by Camille Lescarbeau

Artist Camille Lescarbeau's exhibition "La Compression des instants" will be on view at Espace Pierre-Debain from April 11 to June 2, 2024.

La Compression des instants is a pictorial and sculptural installation of handmade paper made from waste. By molding waste paper into simulacra of plastic waste, the artist aims to reveal the long time dedicated to the care of matter.

In the exhibition, the past (a packet of gum) and the future (the paper sculpture) meet. The temporalities of these objects contrast: on the one hand, the slow, even infinite temporality of plastic, and on the other, the rapid temporality of paper. This exhibition is a tribute to obsolete materials, their pasts, their histories and their secrets, compressed here to reveal their infinite potential.

Biography

Originally from Gatineau, Camille Lescarbeau is an eco-feminist artist living and working in Montreal. She holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from Concordia University, as well as an M.A. in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM. Her work has been presented in several exhibition spaces and her research in various workshops, presentations and roundtables across Quebec. Camille Lescarbeau co-founded UQAM's handmade paper workshop. She develops her research around issues of eco-responsibility, materiality and care through the practice of handmade paper from residual materials.

We invite you to attend the opening of the exhibition on April 10, 2024, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Espace Pierre-Debain, located in the Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer at 120, rue Principale in Gatineau.

Admission is free.

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