An artwork in dialogue with the neighborhood
Réalité réflexive, April 2021
Semi-permanent artwork in studio
Project by students from l’UQAM directed by Stefan Hoffmann
Created as part of the course Laboratoire public de création In situ taught by Stefan Hoffmann, guest professor at UQAM, this vertical screen printing project is a collaboration of students, Mathieu Cloutier, Lysandre Filion, Maude Girard and Chloé Lafrenière.
The artists share their vision of L’imprimerie’s interactions with its host neighbourhood, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The images depicted come from the urban landscape and highlight the social, architectural, environmental and poetic aspects of this neighbourhood’s life. The poetic excerpts are taken from the book Hochelaga mon amour by Michel Legault, in which the author transforms this disadvantaged area of Montreal into a true romantic place where each neighbour becomes a character; each anecdote, an adventure.
Although visible from the inside, this piece is designed as a tribute to the residents in order to develop a sense of belonging for the center by identifying with the characters and referents used.
This work proposes to democratize and enhance the value of visual art in a period when organizations and citizens must stand together to have the importance of culture recognized as the foundation of our society.
German born artist Stefan Hoffmann living and working in Rotterdam uses vertical screen printing, to create site-specific projects, based on existing graphic material. In the last 10 years Hoffmann has been involved in numerous projects in Europe, North America and Asia and has been working with the Andy Warhol Museum , The Museum for Contemporary Art Toronto MOCA, the Kunsthal Rotterdam and the Museum for Art Architecture and Design Marta Herford. Hoffmann studied Fine Arts at The Artez Academy in Arnhem and the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. Hoffmann is currently ‘professeur invité pratique singulière’ at UQAM.
Pictures
Photo: Katya Konioukhova
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