LES VIDÉOGRAPHES: THEATRE BETWEEN BODIES AND IMAGES
LES VIDÉOGRAPHES is a program created by Luc Bourdon in collaboration with Karine Boulanger, Denis Vaillancourt and the Vidéographe team.
Composed during the pandemic period, this project responds to the ultimate desire and need to gather in front of the big screen and see the video works of yesterday and today in the presence of the public and artists.
On November 28, 1971, Vidéographe officially opened its doors on rue Saint-Denis, in the heart of the Latin Quarter.
1971-2021... 50 years of history!
The former Executive Director of the Festival international du nouveau cinéma et des nouveaux Médias de Montréal (FCMM), Luc Bourdon has made over fifty works which have been shown at festivals and on television both within Canada and abroad. In 1998, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded Bourdon the Bell Canada Prize in recognition of excellence in video art. Working in many areas, he juggles fiction and documentary, essay and experimentation, installation and reporting, as well as film production and broadcasting.
List of works in program
As soon as the first video cameras appeared... Performers, choreographers, playwrights, musicians, photographers, as well as visual artists, quickly adopted this new capture tool allowing them to experiment with their own image. Thus, the worlds of performance, music, and dance have actively produced videos testifying to their practices.
The community of performers and video artists could find a fertile playground complementary to their practices. A vast laboratory where everyone can explore their own image, identity, art or body memory.
This program of short works begins with a performance filmed and realized by the pioneer in the field, the video artist marshalore.
