Art in Montreal

  This week we look at four shows that superficially seem distinct but which reveal a variety of strategies for dealing with clearly shared concerns about the relation between the artist and their space, the eroticism of spatial connections, and attempts (not all successful) to deal with these things in terms of visual effects. Jérôme Bouchard ’s ni flaques, ni boue at galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert was inspired by a construction site in a park outside of Paris. The artist tried to map the territory using a LiDAR capture device, which transmitted data of the space through light measurements. This data provides a record of the erosion of the space and its transformation through ecological wastage. He explains that: By manipulating the data, I sought to explore the limits of this technology to capture such ‘third nature’ composed of waste, muddy puddles, gravel and earth, and plants. Since the floods of 2021 which destroyed my workshop in Belgium, I have been hau...