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Event Category: Frontière

Anchored in the history of humanity and always on the cutting edge of current events, this theme combines many of the questions considered by TOPO – as much political and social as physical and technological.

The notion of border is rich in historical, political, psychological, and artistic connotations. In its contemporary dimension, it is increasingly seen as a point of contact and of negotiation rather than simply as a barrier. Like the philosopher Regis Debray, we wish to “think the border not as a wall (demolished for expansion, erected for protection), but as a skin, capable of breathing and thus of organizing exchanges within environments” (Éloge des frontières, Gallimard 2013).

A Program of Exhibitions

The program is organized around three thematic cycles composed of exhibitions in the TOPO showcase on the ground floor of a creative hub – the Pôle de Gaspé (a first glass frontier) – workshops, performances, and artist presentations.

Cultures, Languages, and Spiritualities: Beyond Borders

The first cycle brings together four artists from the plurality of the Americas who explore the reconquest of roots and heritages, through questions about memory and death.

Martín Rodríguez, La Ofrenda, media installation

November 1st – December 21, 2019

ULO, Conversation with Falling Spheres, audio-tactile installation

January 16 – February 15 2020

Rodrigo Velasco, Niyolchoca, digital and visual poetry

February 21 – March 28, 2020

Diego Briceño, Dupu, touch-screen exploration

Accessible on demand

Remix and Networks: Challenged Borders

The second cycle of Frontière presents three installations that question technologies and their impact on our lives and societies – notably through their capacity to blur the boundaries between truth and falsehood, documentary and fiction, living and non-living.

Sven, Plongeons, augmented reality photographic project

September 9 – October 10, 2021

Oli Sorenson, Landscapes of the Anthropocen, LED screens and social networks campaign

November 11 – December 26, 2020

Stéphanie Morissette, Meanders, immersive web art project derived from a VR experience

From January 13, 2021

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Geopolitics: Variable Spaces

In the third cycle, the notion of geopolitics is explored through reflections on the associations between geography (human, material, territorial) and socio-politics, challenging spatial power relations in various ways.

Paolo Almario, Léviathan, interactive web art

From April 2021

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Leila Zelli, Day to day (Au jour le jour), web art and video

From June 2021

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Michel Huneault, On the Border, random and infinite documentary essay

From October 2021

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A Theoretical Reflection

Seven authors have been invited by TOPO to think more deeply about borders for a retrospective and analytic publication (paper and digital) to be released in 2022.

Three authors have specifically addressed the three cycles of installation programming and web art projects supported by TOPO between September 2019 and September 2021.

Nuria Carton de Grammont, curator

Spiritual Matters and the Meaning of the Other

Paule Mackrous, writer

Remix and Networks: Challenged Borders

Mirna Boyadjian, curator

Geopolitics: Variable Spaces

Four other authors formulate a broader reflection on the notion of border according to different approaches: political, aesthetic, psychological, and technological.

Ricard Zapata Barrero, theoretician and professor

The Current Semantics of Borders: Some Political Insights

Chantal Pontbriand, artistic director, curator, and editor

Migration and Frontier: An Aesthetics of Change

Jean-Dominique Leccia, psychiatrist

The Notion of the Border: From Mental to Spatial

David Jhave Johnston, researcher and digital poet

Brain-Machine-Implants [BMI]: Art, Opsins, and Models (a few ethical considerations)

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As of November 1st, 2019, the installation La Ofrenda by artist Martín Rodríguez opens the next programming cycle of TOPO’s Showcase under the theme of Frontier, which will run until 2021. The program includes exhibitions in the ground floor showcase of the Pôle de Gaspé, workshops, performances, projections and artist presentations. The first cycle, «… Continue reading La Ofrenda – Martín Rodríguez

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INVITATION | Vendredi 1er novembre 2019, 17 h 30 INVITATION | Lancement de la programmation 2019-2020 INVITATION | Vernissage de La Ofrenda INVITATION | de Martín Rodríguez INVITATION | + Artistes invités Crédit de l’image: Rodrigo Velasco FRONTIÈRE À l’occasion de la Toussaint et de la Fête des Morts, TOPO a lancé sa programmation 2019-2021 placée… Continue reading Lancement de programmation 2019-2020 | Vernissage La Ofrenda

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On Saturday, December 7th at 1 PM, the artist Martín Rodríguez, whose installation La Ofrenda is on display in TOPO’s showcase until December 21nd, will offer a radio frequency sound experiment workshop entitled Roger Roger, do you copy?… an introduction to radio art. Combining theoretical and practical skills, this workshop aims to familiarize participants with… Continue reading Radio frequency sound experiment workshop: Roger Roger, do you copy?… an introduction to radio art

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Pour inaugurer la nouvelle décennie, TOPO accueille du 16 janvier au 15 février 2020 l’installation tactile, auditive et contemplative Conversation with Falling Spheres, de l’artiste ULO, mettant en scène deux instruments sonores interactifs dans sa vitrine d’exposition au rez-de-chaussée du 5445, avenue de Gaspé. Cette exposition propose une expérience immersive, le public étant invité à… Continue reading Conversation with Falling Spheres – ULO

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À l’occasion du lancement de la thématique Frontière de la programmation 2019-2021 fut présenté le docufiction interactif Dupu de l’artiste Diego Briceño. Toujours disponible en consultation sur demande, cette pièce présente des tableaux interactifs ouvrant la porte sur Guna Yala, la terre du peuple panaméen Guna, dans une ère d’importantes mutations. Guna Yala, un territoire… Continue reading Dupu – Diego Briceño

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Sorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Du 20 février au 28 mars, TOPO présente l’installation de poésie numérique et visuelle Niyolchoca de l’artiste Rodrigo Velasco dans sa vitrine… Continue reading Niyolchoca – Rodrigo Velasco


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