P pour Palestine / P is for Palestine
From September 21 to December 14, 2024Opening: Saturday, September 21, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PMCurators : Ariane De Blois and Muhammad Nour ElKhairyArtists : Bayan Abu Nahla, Amal El Nakhala, Muhammad Nour ElKhairy, Nada El-Omari, Yara El-Ghadban, Mona Hatoum, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh et Rehab Nazzal
The Plein sud program will open with the group exhibition P pour Palestine / P is for Palestine, curated by Ariane De Blois and Muhammad Nour ElKhairy. Presented from September 21 to December 14, the exhibition brings together conceptual, experimental, and poetic works by artists from Palestine and its diaspora. The selected works share a particular connection with words—whether written, signed, or spoken—to evoke, narrate, or name various aspects of the Palestinian experience. In a context where Palestinian voices are often censored or struggle to be heard, both in the media and artistic spaces, the exhibition takes the form of an agora, a meeting space that amplifies some of these voices.
P pour Palestine / P is for Palestine will also be presented from October 25 to December 15, 2024, at L’Œil de Poisson in Quebec City. The nature of the works gathered for the exhibition (video, print, and textual) allows for the simultaneous presentation of the project in two distinct locations in Quebec. This dual presentation reflects the shared desire of L’Œil de Poisson and Plein sud to increase the presence of artists from Palestine in the public space.
La catastrophe ultraviolette / The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
January 18 - March 29, 2025Artists: Julie Tremble, in collaboration with Rehab Hazgui
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe is a 3D animation installation that explores the virtuality of matter through experimental and contemplative science-fiction. Inspired by a recent experiment conducted at the Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering in Strasbourg, where Julie Tremble completed a research residency in the fall of 2023, the installation unfolds across three screens. It juxtaposes a realistic landscape, inspired by the Canadian Shield, with formal representations of molecules, atoms, and quantum fields. Under the influence of a large-scale quantum disturbance, the elements from the different sequences begin to resonate. The plants and minerals that make up this environment are then transformed by visual effects that convey hybridizations between light and matter, causing them to lose their cohesion and stability. Doublings, light spectrums, and electronic flickers move across the screens, gradually dematerializing the digital landscape. These hallucinatory phenomena alter naturalism, illustrating on a macroscopic scale the quantum processes that occur beyond our perception.
Rehab Hazgui, a composer and sound ecologist, provides an immersive soundscape that explores the fusion of quantum randomness and music. This composition reflects her longstanding fascination with using imperfection and randomness in musical creation.
Exhibition of the Sociocultural Workshops at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
April 9 - 19, 2025
Plein sud will open its doors to the exhibition of the sociocultural workshops in ceramics and photography at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, followed by the exhibition of the graduating students from the Visual Arts program at the Cégep.
Exhibition of the Graduating Visual Arts Students at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
April 23 - May 1, 2025
May 15 - June 28, 2025Artists : demi-mesure (Clara Cousineau and Marion Paquette)
The annual programming will conclude with the multidisciplinary exhibition project demi-mesure, by the eponymous duo of artists Clara Cousineau and Marion Paquette. This project presents two opposing worlds through encounter devices that materialize a poetry of distance, exploring dynamics of opposition, complementarity, and the tensions that emerge. As interactions develop, color subtly integrates, creating an intermediate space of sharing, complicity, and convergence.
Upcoming Publications
On the publishing side, the coming months will be rich for Plein sud, which is currently finalizing the production of two major monographs, in co-publication with EXPRESSION, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe. The first is dedicated to Chih-Chien Wang, featuring contributions from Katrie Chagnon, Céline Huyghebaert, and an interview conducted by Sylvain Campeau with the artist, accompanied by a cover designed by Atelier Mille Mille. The second, titled Sheen-wah-Zree, covers twenty years of Karen Tam’s career, with texts by Alice Ming Wai Jim, Cheryl Sim, Marcel Blouin, and a discussion between Laura Vigo and Karen Tam, with design by LOKI. A book featuring a series of photographs by Anahita Norouzi, designed by Marie Tourigny, is also anticipated.
