Zipertatou et Maxou
GROSSE TERRE BOULE
Maison de la culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles
AN EVENT PRESENTED AS PART OF CAM EN TOURNÉE
In collaboration with Clémentine La Brie, Constance La Brie, Joséphine Laflamme, Jakob Baltazar Lebel, Léo Plouffe, Cosmo Pouliot, Jasmin Raymond et le groupe Jacques, James et Seamus (Émile, Lou et Philémon Laflamme)
Jean-Philippe Thibault completed his master's degree in visual and media arts at UQAM in 2003. Under the name zipertatou, his work has been presented at various places and events in Canada, Japan, Spain and France. By blending video creation, animation, modeling, photography, drawing, illustration, sound and musical bricolage and performance, he temporarily discards certain habits that lead him to assume the puerility of one thing and the austerity of another, and allows himself to be imbued with a specific sensibility, before turning his attention to humorous and poetic devices commonly described as "childish".
Maxime Bruneau uses objects he collects from bazaars, church basements and garage sales. Kitsch, old-fashioned and nostalgic, he transforms them to update and reflect contemporary issues. His work draws on surrealism and folk art, and has a strong humorous bent. He holds a bachelor's degree in visual and media arts from UQAM, and has exhibited his work in solo shows at Espace Cercle Carré, l'Écart and P:142 in Berlin, Germany. In 2010, he was awarded a McAbbie Excellence Foundation Scholarship.
In response to an invitation from Galerie B-312 to celebrate its 30th anniversary, this exhibition brings together Maxime Bruneau and zipertatou, who developed a collaborative project with artist's children. The children were involved in the entire process of creating an artistic video: the puppets were designed from their drawings; the sets were created in response to their ideas; they performed during the filming and composed the music and songs. By promoting their imagination, they were given the opportunity to appropriate the creative space as a way of working and getting involved.
Jean-Philippe Thibault completed his master's degree in visual and media arts at UQAM in 2003. Under the name zipertatou, his work has been presented at various places and events in Canada, Japan, Spain and France. By blending video creation, animation, modeling, photography, drawing, illustration, sound and musical bricolage and performance, he temporarily discards certain habits that lead him to assume the puerility of one thing and the austerity of another, and allows himself to be imbued with a specific sensibility, before turning his attention to humorous and poetic devices commonly described as "childish".
Maxime Bruneau uses objects he collects from bazaars, church basements and garage sales. Kitsch, old-fashioned and nostalgic, he transforms them to update and reflect contemporary issues. His work draws on surrealism and folk art, and has a strong humorous bent. He holds a bachelor's degree in visual and media arts from UQAM, and has exhibited his work in solo shows at Espace Cercle Carré, l'Écart and P:142 in Berlin, Germany. In 2010, he was awarded a McAbbie Excellence Foundation Scholarship.