Entries for March 2011

Manon Labrecque studied dance and visual art. Since 1988, she has been doing choreography and producing performances in galleries and theatres. Incoporating the body and movement into video and installation is at the heart of her work.   ±

Born in Montréal, Sylvie Laliberté has been a performance artist since 1985, and an important figure on the Canadian performance art scene. Her work, which integrates singing, dance and story-telling, has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her video works question the frame, gesture, body-camera relationship, self-representation, sense of space, fiction and parody.   ±

marshalore is co-founder of Vehicule Press and Vidéo Véhicule (PRIM), multimedia access and production centre. As well, she was an artist-director of Véhicule Art Montréal, one of Canada’s first artist-run centres. Recognized for her video and performance work, she made a mark on the Québécois and Canadian art scene with her very first productions. Her work draws on themes of identity and behaviour; an enquiry articulated through actions, camouflage, gender play and narrative fantasy.   ±

Monique Moumblow was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1971. She received a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1992 and has lived in Montreal since 1993. Her videotapes have screened at festivals in Canada, Europe and the United States and are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Oberhausen Short Film Festival Archive.   ±