On Friday, September 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Culture Days was celebrated at Gamman House with a showing of L’instant présent, a video projection curated by Izabel Barsive. Artists Raymond Aubin, Marie-Pier Chayer Demers, Kalambay Kalula, Doris Lamontagne, Vee Penz, Yanie Porlier, David Ross, Gilles Roy, Komi Seshie and Paul Walty each contributed by creating 3 to 5 minute videos based on personal experiences or philosophical, metaphysical, social or historical concepts.
Barsive invited the artists to consider the notion of time, or more precisely, the present moment. This was interpreted in various ways: the time we don’t have, the time we wish we could freeze, the time that ages us…
The screening took place on Friday, September 29, at 8:00 p.m. at Gamman House, located at 306 Cyr Avenue in Vanier. The screening was free and open to everyone.
The Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa for their support.