Replaying Narrative, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal
Replaying Narrative
Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal
10th Presentation
September 6 to October 21, 2007
Kelly Richardson will participate in this years Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal with a solo exhibition at Articule.
Narritive is the subject of major reconsideration in the visual arts today. Photography and video, together, have become a critical field of narrative exploration and one of its finest laboratories. Around the theme Replaying Narrative, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal 2007 proposes to examine this phenomenon in all its breadth through a series of more than 30 solo exhibitions highlighting the various ways of rethinking the narrativity of the image.
This renewed interest in narrativity touches on several aspects of the image and can take various forms. While the special status of reality in photography has long been the topic of debate, the growing recourse to staging events – which augments the many possibilities of digital composition, technological developments, and computer-assisted image creation – is contributing to a major shift in photography’s relationship to reality and the transformation of the image’s narrative potential. Borrowings from film, mass media, and communications networks also contribute to broadening narrative possibilities, while at the same time proposing new critical perspectives on the way images are used and on the power they have.
This year Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal celebrates its 10th presentation around the theme Replaying Narrative, developed by guest curator Marie Fraser. The city will be highlighted by a constellation of more than 30 solo exhibitions of works by artists from Quebec, Canada, United States, South America, Europe and Asia, which will be presented in different sites throughout Montreal.
The official program will be distributed just prior to the opening of the event and will be available for download on their website: www.moisdelaphoto.com. A major publication will be produced featuring the artists’ works presented in the exhibitions along with commissioned essays by internationally renowned experts.