translated from the OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE : Montréal, 29 jan 2004
The Mécanique Générale is a sextet of québécois comix creators. Each one with their own manner (the aesthetic differences can be enormous), the members of this group seek new ways of telling stories in comic strip form. They minimize the "manufacturing" side of comics to support the proximity between their work and the reader, and they do not hesitate to avoid the pretty and alluring when the subjects require it.
The exposition Autodrome proposes un rapide tour de piste de leur univers, 'a rapid tour of their universe'. The exhibit consists of: some original pages (several are new complete stories) and examples of work made in periphery of the comics. For example: abstracted illustrations, sketches, paintings or collages, which show the desire to explore that which animates these authors.
Also a series of video interviews with the MG crew will be displayed on the premises, offering to the visitors a short discussion with each member and virtual tours of their workshops. And of course the publications of the MG stable will be available on site.
Autodrome
l'écurie mécanique générale s'expose
From the 3rd - 28th febuary 2004
At la GALERIE.UQO
exploration en art contemporain
École multidisciplinaire de l'image :
595-3900 ext. 1880
Université du Québec en Outaouais
Pavillon Lucien-Brault (Local A0112)
101, rue Saint-Jean-Bosco
Gatineau (Québec)
J8Y 3G5
Gallery hours
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12pm to 2pm and 5pm to 7pm
Sunday de 1pm to 5pm
Vernissage on Wen 3 Feb from 5pm to 9pm
Musical performance by Fakir légo
with projections of animated drawings, at 7pm.
Jimmy Beaulieu of general mechanics will hold a conference on the day of the vernissage [opening], Tuesday on February 3 at 2pm in room b-1018 of the Lucien-Brault house of the UQO.
Information :
Monique Pilon, directrice de la galerie.UQO
(819) 827-0697
ou : Jimmy Beaulieu mg@pastis.org
Site internet : www.pastis.org/mg
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