feu ouvert/open fire
2022
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                OPEN FIRE | FEU OUVERT is a furtive, political, symbolic and poetic work conceptualized by Marie-Claude Gendron. Involving the artist and many members of the Montréal action art community, the group feeds a fire—daily, stealthily and anonymously—keeping the fire burning continuously over the course of the last two weeks of January. OPEN FIRE | FEU OUVERT is an attempt to revive the invisible link that unites us through the practice of action art. Confined, for the most part, to the home, Marie-Claude Gendron’s wish is to propose an outside simple action that involves the participation of artists in whatever way is possible given their respective means and motivation. The resolution is to foster being together, even in an abstract and active way in the imagination. The closing event for OPEN FIRE | FEU OUVERT was a co-presentation with VIVA! Art Action. With the particiation of fire-keepers: Alexis Bellavance Laurence Beaudoin-Morin Catherine Bodmer Caroline Boileau janick burn Sylvie Cotton Anne Florentiny Pierre Gauvin Léo Gaudreault Stéphane Gilot stvn Girard Katherine-Josée Gervais k.g. Guttman Michelle Lacombe Frédérique Laliberté arkadi lavoie lachapelle Julie-Isabelle Laurin Helena Martin Franco Diyar Mayil Rhonda Meier François Morelli Florencia Sosa Rey François Rioux Jacqueline Van De Geer Stephanie Nuckle credits: Manouska Larouche & Marie Claude Gendron |