The PHI Montréal residency
This annual residency program offers an artist residing in Montréal and an artist residing in Québec outside the metropolis the opportunity to collaborate with the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art for the design and presentation of a public engagement project. The results of this residency can take many forms, including (but not limited to) conferences, performances, an exhibition and/or creative workshops.
A three-year partnership agreement between the Council and PHI will enable these two Québec artists to undertake a creative residency on the theme of public engagement. The Council is awarding a $12,000 grant to each artist selected, as well as accommodations for artists from outside Montréal. PHI will pay for the presentation, exhibition and production rights, and will provide artistic and strategic support throughout the residency.
The Selected Artists
Jacqueline van de Geer is Dutch and moved to Montréal in August, 2005. She was born in Rotterdam, a place scarred by two bombings during the Second World War. Intimacy and reconnection are keywords in her work, with the aim of opening up the collective experience of participants. Van de Geer wants to celebrate aging in her residency project. A way for her to present the duality between eternal youth and the act of growing old.
Annie Baillargeon was born in Victoriaville and studied visual arts at Université Laval in the city of Québec, where she lives and works. Baillargeon proposes Cosmology of mutations: towards a brilliance of possibilities, a project inspired by the notion of somatheque, formulated by the philosopher Paul B. Preciado, who conceives of physicality beyond medical and psychiatric discourse. Her desire is to break away from externally imposed models and the desire to initiate a collective mutation within the bodies themselves.
Useful links
- Website for the CALQ and its residencies
- Website for PHI and its residencies
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