Artist statement

Artist statement
My work seeks to materailize the presence of things in their most precarious fragility. In order to accomplish that, I investigate the micro-phenomenon of degradation and weakening to reveal the movements that are at once anonymous, repetitive and in some cases unpredictable. For example, the wear and tear created by the endless circulation of pedestrians throughout the city, who are entirely disinterested by the urban landscape or noise are some of these indicators.

This philosophy enables my works to emerge and develop in exhibition and gallery spaces. I am particularly keen to examine the objectification and the staging of noises that I collect, plus other elements that I find, or simple events happening while I am on location. They usually are ephemeral. In some cases, I am transposing the results of such works by creating installations in situ. In other occasions, they are gathered in an exhibition room context, and sometimes in the form of web based art projects.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2001, Caroline Gagné has presented multiple facets of her work within solo and group exhibitions in Quebec and abroad. She has participated in events such as Tissus urbains in Montreal in 2001; Périphéries, Québec à Zagreb et Sarajevo in 2002; the Manifestation internationale d’art de Québec in Quebec in 2005; Cités invisibles in Montreal in 2006; and C’est arrivée près de chez vous at the Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec in 2008-2009.
Caroline Gagné has also received several production and dissemination residences, including one at CYPRES in Marseille in 2003 and another at 3e impérial in Granby in 2003. In collaboration with Patrice Coulombe in 2006, she developed a media installation called Ligne de flottaison during a residency at Daïmõn, which was subsequently presented at VU in Quebec.

  CV Caroline Gagné, installation / nouveaux médias