trait d’union
As part of Chambre Blanche’s programme performatif, Saskatoon artist Linda Duvall developed a web-based project trait d’union. Duvall met with members of Quebec’s cultural community, asking a series of questions about themselves, the community in which they live and work, and their relationship to a larger national or international art community.
Linda Duvall was in residence at Chambre Blanche from Jan. 14 – Feb. 24, 2008
Essay by Joanne Lalonde – Performativity and the Web
Residue from the Chambre Blanche blog
Steps to get up the mountain are just behind Chambre Blanche. I took the elevator though.
I go alone to an opening on Friday night. I meet the one person from Quebec that I had met before in Toronto. From there I meet other people. This is a slow process, but interesting to make note of the steps.
Chambre Blanche after my exercise class.
I receive a call from someone who wants to participate in this project. As we talk, I realize that I should add questions about surviving as an artist. She talks about being very poor, but also rich.
Jeanne is absolutely amazing.
She has been getting the website ready,
as well as helping me to improve my French.
The residency room has become a production site
as well as an interview room.
Ravit measuring the snow
that is at the door to Chambre Blanche
acknowledgements
Artist Linda Duvall developed the web-based project trait d’union as part of Chambre Blanche’s programme performatif. Duvall met with members of Quebec’s cultural community, asking a series of questions about themselves, the community in which they live and work, and their relationship to a larger national or international art community.
This project would not exist without the support and asistance of various people within the Quebec art community.
Linda Duvall would like to thank her amazing assistant and tour guide Jeanne Landry-Belleau, also Maude Lévesque and François Vallée from La Chambre Blanche for their support and assistance, including translating, driving and all of the rest. She also thanks Benoit Cote for timely technical trouble shooting.
Linda Duvall is very grateful to the various artists and cultural workers from Quebec City who generously participated in this project. Many thanks to Jacqueline Bouchard, Guy Sioui Durand, Julie Théberge, Helene LaRoche, Guillaume Provost, Claude Belanger, Francois Guenette, Jasmin Bilodeau, Alain-Martin Richard, Maude Lévesque, Jocelyn Robert, Emily Laliberté, Jeanne Landry-Belleau, Rejean Lemoine, François Vallée, Richard Martel, Samuel Desauniers, Giorgia Volpe, Catherine Lachaussee, Myriam Lambert, Mathieu Dugal, Rejeanne Lizotte, Catherine-Eve Gadoury, Annie Levesque, Mathieu Doyon, Lina Lambert, Veronique Isabelle, Murielle Dupuis Larose, Sebastien Giguere, Jean-Pierre Guay, and Benham Geramiyan.