Avril 2025 à Avril 2026
Claudette Lemay – CUSTOM RESIDENCY
I am currently pursuing a printmaking-based art project centered around a collection of cards—playing cards, tarot cards, or others—that I have found randomly on the street (since 1996). To date, I’ve collected over a hundred. I’m drawn to their patterns, textures, weathered marks, their occasional symbolism, and also the places where I find them. I take note of coincidences, make associations, and sometimes look for meaning.
This collection explores the role of chance in our lives with a playful spirit. It unfolds over time, referencing the diary form and the everyday. Printmaking allows me to explore the image of these cards from new perspectives. I reframe, transform, and duplicate them through intaglio, photopolymer, and digital printing.
I might create a book, write poems, invent stories…
Photo credit: Katya Konioukhova
Biography
For over 25 years, Claudette Lemay has developed a body of video, audio, and photographic work. More recently, she has integrated drawing, writing, and printmaking into her practice. Her work has been shown in both solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally (Mexico, France, Finland) and has been featured in numerous festivals around the world.
In 2011, she completed a Master’s degree in Visual and Media Arts at UQAM. She is a member of the artist-run center perte de signal, the Chaufferie/coopérative Lezarts, and La Traversée – atelier de géopoétique. Originally from Quebec City, she now lives and works in Montreal.
Call for Submissions – Collective Collection of Lost Cards
Have you ever come across a playing card, tarot card, or another kind of card lying abandoned on the sidewalk—fallen from a deck or carried off by the wind? These orphaned cards carry stories, symbols, and mysteries—fragments of a forgotten universe. They’ve passed through many hands, traveled through time, and somehow ended up crossing your path. What if this unexpected encounter became part of a collective art project?
Want to take part ?
I invite you to send me the lost card by post, ideally accompanied by a short note: when and where you found it, and perhaps an anecdote or memory it inspires.
In return, I’ll send you a surprise response card!
Your contribution may be presented to the public and become part of the collective collection on my website. If you wish, you may indicate that you prefer to remain anonymous.
If you have any questions, feel free to write to me:
collectioncartesperdues@gmail.com
L’IMPRIMERIE CENTRE D’ARTISTES
À l’attention de Claudette Lemay
3910, rue Sainte-Catherine Est
Montréal, Québec
H1W 2G4 Canada
Crédit photo: Katya Konioukhova
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