- Julie-Andrée T. : Weather Report / Potentiels évoqués 05/04/15 → 05/05/14
Julie Andrée T.‘s exhibition is the last of this programming year, which featured the constructed environment and its impact on humans. The show is the outcome of a partnership between Skol and Centre Est-Nord-Est of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, where the artist did a summer residency in 2004. Based on installation and performance, Julie Andrée T.‘s practice is inspired by daily life (objects, habits and rituals) and locates the individual/body at the centre of her research.
The main concept in Weather Report / Potentiels évoqués comes from the observation that, in Québec, the weather is an obsessive topic of conversation. This installation/environment is created by devices that produce variable climates which allow for an interaction between humidity, temperature, sound and at times, sight. These low tech devices are housed in clever spaces which act as enclosed or open booths. Alone or with others, between experience and knowledge, the visitor interacts within the cubicles, and the physical experience of the installation alters ones perception of the surrounding space. Somewhere between daily life, the poetic and the political, Julie Andrée T.‘s work immerses one into abstract but familiar zones, provoking reflections on the cultural and existential domains.
Julie Andrée T. is a graduate of Concordia University. She has had several solo exhibitions in Québec, Ontario and Wales. Her performances have been shown in events and festivals around the world including Asiatopia (Thailand), Festival de théâtre des Amériques (Montréal) and the Eighth Biennial of Cuba (Havana).
The artist would like to thank Centre Est-Nord-Est and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
