The Voix Jeunes Talents Exhibition will take place at the Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle, from June 2 to 16, 2016. Curated by Dyana Ouvrard, the exhibition explores the theme of Digital Generation.
Digital art opens for us the doors to a magical era, where smart objects and ubiquitous environments become producers of meaning. From this point of view, this art connects us to “the other”, with a dense yet ephemeral connection. For this project Voix Jeunes Talents, Voix Visuelle chose generation Y, the digital natives, the millennials, born between 1980 and 1995. How do these Ottawa’s young artists of the digital avant-garde manage to use technology with curiosity, critical thinking, talent and humour?
The opening of the exhibition took place on Thursday, June 2 at 5 p.m. at Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle. Three prizes were awarded at the opening and Walanyo the musician performed at 18:15.
The artists:
Karla Al-Morr, Mathieu Antille, Claire Bernard, Kelly Brian, William Burton, Emmanuelle Crites, Samuel Diotte, Sofia Donato, Marine Dumas, Katrielle Ethier, Lisann George, Anne-Clara Gingras, Rachel Gray, Rachel Guillemette, Lisa-Anne Hachey, Joanna Hajduk, Ivan Jozepovic, Marie-Pascale Lafrenière, Pamela Leszczynski, Jonah Louis, Kelsey McGruer, Nicolas Monet, Eloïse Mutombo, Alex Paradis-Leblanc, Samuel Paré, Pascal Renaud, Tess Ruel, Matthew Senior, Adrienne Scott, Robert Stapleton, Chloé Stiles, Clara Talajavic, Amélie Thériault, Pamela Umutoniwase, Mégane Vermette, and Florence Yee
Prizes:
1st prize: to Tess Thalissa Ruel for ‘À quand ce peuple va-t-il sortir de sa transparence’
2nd prize: to Kelsey McGruer for her performance
3rd prize: to Marine Dumas for ‘#FoodPornSquare’
Honorable mention: to Samuel Diotte for ‘Camouflage nuageux’
Honorable mention: to Chloé Stiles for ‘We Degrade’
The Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage, the City of Ottawa and the Community Foundation of Ottawa for their support.
