Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present two videos by new gallery artist Isabelle Hayeur, Vertige (2000) and Si jamais la mer (1998), in the gallery's video room.


VERTIGE (2000)

Using footage filmed in an asbestos quarry in Black Lake, Quebec, the video reflects a fascination for a deserted landscape that becomes a quest for the void.

SI JAMAIS LA MER (1998)

Si jamais la mer reveals a paradoxical space, a hypothetical landscape. Into this strange environment sand pits change into sand bars, for a moment the desert becomes a shore. Vanishing visions, glimpses, mirages our regard is confused, submerged. These fictive spaces witness our common taste for grandiose and remind this universe of spectacle induced by the media.


BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1969, Isabelle Hayeur, lives and works in Montreal. She completed a BFA in 1996 and a MFA in 2002 at Université du Québec à Montréal. Since the late 1990s, she has been known for her large-format digital montages, while she also produced several videos, site-specific installations and a few net art works.

VIDEOS

Vertige 2000 11:45 Experimental video ed. 2/5

Si jamais la mer 1998 5:20 Experimental video éd. 1/5

Official website of Isabelle Hayeur

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