Each day during the festival, informal artist presentations will take place, offering and facilitating privileged meetings between artists and the public. With representation from countries as diverse as Australia and Argentina, these women will expose their creative processes and motivations regarding technological and digital innovation and exploration.

MONTREAL
[1] Johanne Chagnon, Stéphanie Lagueux and Laura Barrón
[2] Odile Trépanier, Caroline Gagné, and Gabriela Golder
[3] Danielle P. Roger, Christa Erickson, and Mariela Yeregui

QUEBEC CITY
[1] Caroline Gagné, Stéphanie Lagueux, Gabriela Golder, and Laura Barrón
[2] Christa Erickson, Mariela Yeregui, and Odile Trépanier

 

 



Caroline Gagné, Quebec
Caroline Gagné lives and work in Quebec City. She completed her studies in the Visual Arts at Laval University in 1996 and received the René-Richard Foundation Prize. Since then, her work has been presented at the Galerie Espace 1625 (Lausanne, 1996) and in 1998, and was part of a collective assembling thirteen artists who explore textiles as a medium. In 1999 with the CHAMBRE BLANCHE, she created an in-situ work for the Centre d’Interpretation de la Vie urbaine de Quebec (Quebec Interpretation Centre for Urban Life) and participated in the event, Tissus urbains (Urban Tissues), presented in Montreal in June 2001. Her Web project Les Sentiers battus (Beaten Paths) is currently accessible on the CHAMBRE BLANCHE site and as a pilgrim in the context of Daïmon’s Web art project: Les batisseurs de cathédrales (Cathedral Builders).

Gabriela Golder, Argentina
Gabriela Golder is a videomaker from Argentina. She was born in Buenos Aires in 1971. She studied at Buenos Aires Film University. She also studied at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In 1999-2000, she continued her studies at the Masters’ level in Hypermedia in Paris, with a fellowship from the French governement. She has also participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada (1998) and the CICV Pierre Schaeffer, Belfort, France (1996, 1999-2000). She is currently coordinator of Digital Art and Video at the Centro Cultural General San Martin in Buenos Aires.

Odile Trépanier, Quebec
Odile Trépanier lives and works in Quebec City. A multidisciplinary artist, she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts at Laval University. Since 1994, she pursues her research in installation, video, and most recently, Web art. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and her video work has been presented in various Quebecois and international festivals. Recently, she presented her work within the context of the ‘Latinos del norte’ event in Ex Teresa, Mexico. She is currently active at LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE and working on an upcoming video project.