Projecting Riopelle : A WANDER OF THE EYE
In the wake of Jean Paul Riopelle’s centenary, this short video film was conceived by Stéphanie Jasmin as an intimate insight into the gaze: that of the artist facing his works and that of the visitor admiring them in the exhibition hall or elsewhere. In this silent relationship between the self and the work, these figures seen from behind draw us into the journey and movement of their gaze to the heart of the pictorial space. This spectacular projection, accompanied by original music by Philippe Brault, will illuminate a wall in Old Montreal, inviting us to slow down and immerse ourselves in the painter’s work.
Saint-Maurice Street, corner of McGill
Riopelle Screening Schedule
From October 2024 to October 2025; Every day
THE ARTIST
Stéphanie Jasmin
Concordia University in Montreal, Stéphanie Jasmin has been co-director of the creative company UBU since 2002, working alongside director Denis Marleau. She has designed the video for more than 35 shows, around 20 sets, and several productions. She has worked with him in particular on research into several variations on the video character based on the technological phantasmagoria Les aveugles, created at the Musée d’art contemporain in 2002, including Une fête pour Boris by Thomas Bernhard at the Festival d’Avignon in 2009, Seneca’s Agamemnon at the Comédie-Française, and the animated video mannequins for Jean Paul Gaultier’s exhibition La planète mode in 2011. She wrote and directed Ombres in 2005, penned the text Les Marguerites(s) in 2018, which she directed with Denis Marleau, as well as Les dix commandements de Dorothy Dix, created at Espace GO in 2022, then presented in Ottawa at the NAC, in Paris at La Colline, in Quebec City at Le Diamant, and in several other cities.
Recently, in addition to Projeter Riopelle: une déambulation du regard with Montréal en Histoires, she created the video for Pelléas et Mélisande directed by Wajdi Mouawad at the Opéra de Paris (Bastille), as well as the direction, set design, and video for Chronologies by Stephie Mazunya, created at the Centre du théâtre d’aujourd’hui. She teaches regularly at the University of Quebec in Montreal and the National Theatre School of Canada. Stéphanie Jasmin is the recipient of the 2018 Siminovitch Prize for her video work and scenography.