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Bertrand Carrière

Time travel / Un voyage dans le temps

Wednesday, June 6 Today I’m sitting in front of the scanner, looking at negatives I made on my maiden voyage in 1977. A travel in time, literally. I brought these along in order to rediscover them with the necessary distance. At the time, I was travelling with a small point and shoot camera and a few rolls of B&W film.…
June 7, 2018
Bertrand Carrière

Dans les rues de Galsgow – The streets of Glasgow

Il faut être plus intelligent que le problème Lundi, 4 juin, Glasgow Mon temps est occupé à marcher et à photographier dans le rues, à la recherche du moment. Pas un instant décisif, juste un moment. C’est un de ces retours périodiques à la photographie de rue que j’apprécie encore et toujours, si difficile soit-il. Un exercice de travail et…
June 6, 2018
Bertrand Carrière

N’allez pas a Glasgow

Voici l'ajout du français à mon entrée d'hier   N’allez pas à Glasgow ! C’est ce que tout le monde me disait alors que j’étais ici dans mon premier voyage à l’étranger. Je venais tout juste d’avoir vingt ans. Départ le 7ème jour, du 7ème mois de la 77ème année. Je voyageais seul avec un petit appareil photo et une…
June 6, 2018
Bertrand Carrière

Don’t go to Glasgow !

Don’t go to Glasgow ! That’s what everyone was saying to me in the summer of 1977 when I was here on my first trip to Europe. I had then just turned 20 years old and was travelling alone with a large guitar and a small camera.  I travelled around, hitchhiking my way across England and Scotland for two months,…
June 5, 2018
Mat Hay

Three Chapels of Sainte Anne De Beaupré

Religion has often featured within my exploration and research during this residency. These images were taken one morning at the impressive Basilica of Sainte Anne De Beaupré: an important Catholic sanctuary near Quebec City, which is apparently visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year.   Three images are ©Mat Hay 2018
May 7, 2018
Mat Hay

Dust clouds and Wormholes

One of my favourite films is Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan, written by himself and his brother Jonathan. It deals with some great themes and ideas involving human migration, evolution, and survival instinct. One particularly creative and relevant element of the film is the inclusion of real life interviews with people who lived through the infamous Dust Bowl period,…
May 3, 2018
Mat Hay

The Artist’s Habitat

Great weekend had exploring the creative offerings of Montreal. This included the Papier Art Fair at Arsenal Contemporary Art, a wandering around the intriguing Belgo building (with its countless galleries, artists spaces, martial arts gyms, and dance studios), and an exploration of the amazing Habitat 67 housing complex, designed by Moshe Safdie. Following this I met with Claire Moeder who…
April 24, 2018
Mat Hay

McCord Museum and Archive

Off to explore Montreal this weekend, including a visit to the McCord Museum. Sébastien Hudon, the Artistic Director of La Bandé Video (who's offices are located downstairs within the Méduse complex) told me about the museum and its extensive online archive of over 80,000 photographs, which he uses regularly and which are available for the public to access through their…
April 19, 2018