STANSTEAD PROJECT, OR HOW TO CROSS THE BORDER
Projet Stanstead, ou Comment Traverser la Frontière
foreman art gallery, lennoxville, Québec, April 30 - July 30, 2011
Stanstead Project, or how to cross the border revolves around the theme of border lines, those which, as architectural artefacts inscribed in the landscape, have an impact on citizens' mobility. In the last few months, the citizens of Stanstead—the border town in the Eastern Townships that neighbours Derby Line, Vermont—have seen a heightening in border security, manifest in the construction of fences and a growing number of customs officers and arrests. New border policies across the world are having repercussions all the way in Stanstead, where people have routinely crossed the border for generations going back to the late 18th century, some with family members on both sides of it.
- Geneviève Chevalier, Curator
Cutline V
selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
In juxtaposition to the carefully monitored town site, thousands of kilometres of wilderness lie just a few minutes from Stanstead; here the only thing that separates Canada from the U.S. is a six-metre-wide line cut through the forest. These photographs focus on depopulated areas, which stand in sharp contrast to dense communities that straddle the border.
Cutline I
selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
Cutline VI
selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
Cutline II, selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
Cutline IV
selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
Cutline III
selenium toned gelatin silver print, 20x24”
Encounters at the Edge of the Forest
Gallery 400, UIC Collage of Architecture and the Arts, Chicago, May 2 - June 14, 2014
Borderlands (Monuments 537 to 540)
The artist's book Borderlands (Monuments 537 to 540) presents GPS data from a walk along the international boundary between two granite boundary markers (number 537 at the West end of the walk near Duck Pond, South of Lac Lyster, to number 540 at the East end just outside of Stanhope, Québec).
When unfolded, this book presents the entire 18-kilometre journey, as a line plotted according to pace.
Walk the Line, HD video with sound, 5 min. 6 sec.
This video loop with ambient sound is comprised of four shots made along the Stanstead region cutline. The only action in these static shots is generated by the wind in the leaves, and through a brief appearance of the artist walking the line, and disappearing into the foliage.