SÉRIPOP—YANNICK DESRANLEAU AND CHLOE LUM
De par les options qui s'offrent à nous : la moins plausible / la plus tolérable
Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum live and work in Montréal. They studied at Concordia University. After collaborating on different projects since 2000, they created, in 2002, the Séripop duo. Since then, they have presented and lectured both in Canada and abroad, including the University of North Texas (Denton, United States, 2004), Blackwood Gallery (University of Toronto, 2012), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, England, 2009), Peacock Visual Arts (Aberdeen, Scotland, 2009), Kunsthalle Wien (Austria, 2010) and the Triennale québécoise 2011 at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Their works are part of several private and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). Until recently, Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau where part of AIDS Wolf, a noise rock band (2003 - 2012).
—OPENING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 AT 5 PM
The Séripop duo (Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum) presents The Options That Are Offered to Us: The Least Likely / The Most Tolerable, an in situ installation originally created in Calgary. In each of the two parts of the installation, a flat surface installed on the wall or floor is in dialogue with a three-dimensional structure, a large wave of crumpled paper with patterns echoing marble, carved wood, plywood, deconstructing notions and expectations that can be associated with these materials. The artists draw inspiration from the thoughts of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the creation of a "third space", where the occupants of a place thwart the architect's aims to create a significant place beyond the public-private divide. With this work, the duo sought to visually translate their reaction to the sociopolitical situation prevailing in Québec in 2012 – student demonstrations, social crisis, elections. Drawing a parallel with the Manichean aspect of the political scene, the artists have built spaces whose patterns can recall the public space and have multiplied the dichotomies: contrasts of color, shape, material. The title is reminiscent of the elector’s dilemma who, between the less plausible and the tolerable pragmatic, must make a choice. Would it be possible to reach a compromise by inventing a "third space"?
Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum live and work in Montréal. They studied at Concordia University. After collaborating on different projects since 2000, they created, in 2002, the Séripop duo. Since then, they have presented and lectured both in Canada and abroad, including the University of North Texas (Denton, United States, 2004), Blackwood Gallery (University of Toronto, 2012), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, England, 2009), Peacock Visual Arts (Aberdeen, Scotland, 2009), Kunsthalle Wien (Austria, 2010) and the Triennale québécoise 2011 at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Their works are part of several private and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). Until recently, Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau where part of AIDS Wolf, a noise rock band (2003 - 2012).