{"id":6751,"date":"2012-01-09T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T01:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2012-02-19T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T16:14:13","slug":"arthur-desmarteaux-allison-moore-micropolis-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=6751","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Desmarteaux & Allison Moore:Micropolis 2.0<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Arthur Desmarteaux & Allison Moore, Micropolis (detail),
\nscreen & digital prints on cardboard, 112 x 427 cm, 2010.<\/p>\n

January 12- February 18, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening:\u00a0Thursday, January 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
\nArtists will be present at opening
\nOpen Studio Gallery
\n<\/strong>401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104
\nToronto ON,\u00a0 M5V 3A8
\nT: 416.504.8238
\nE:\u00a0sara@openstudio.on.ca<\/a>
\n\u00a0http:\/\/www.openstudio.on.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Open Studio is pleased to present Micropolis\u00a02.0<\/em>, an exhibition by Montr\u00e9al-based collaborators Arthur Desmarteaux and\u00a0Allison Moore from January 12 \u00ad February 18, 2012. The exhibition is\u00a0accompanied by a text by Banff-based artist and writer Lisa Borin.<\/p>\n

Arthur Desmarteaux and Allison Moore’s Micropolis<\/strong> is an ever-expanding and\u00a0evolving installation comprised of collaged screen and digital prints,\u00a0assembled so they evoke a busy modern commercial street with pedestrians,
\ncreatures and vehicles passing by. The installation has an anthropological\u00a0character inspired by the cityscapes of Qu\u00e9bec City, Montr\u00e9al and Toronto.\u00a0The installation is “2.5D” or two-and-a-half dimensions- a modular diorama\u00a0of cardboard figures and shapes placed at different levels on wooden\u00a0shelves, covering the perimeter of the gallery walls, including printed\u00a0elements hanging from the ceiling and the bottom of the shelves. This\u00a0eclectic installation also includes sections of woodcuts and LCD video\u00a0screens in the “building windows” showing animated loops and an accompanying\u00a0soundtrack. \u00a0The installation explores urban life and the relationships\u00a0between people and large cities. The enchanted universe presented by\u00a0Desmarteaux and Moore conveys a sense of wonder, awe and contemplation.\u00a0Looking though the microscope, viewers are drawn in, entering a strange\u00a0theatrical dimension that evokes a childhood world filled with twisted\u00a0dreams and figures.<\/p>\n

Arthur Desmarteaux obtained a degree in Visual Arts at the University of\u00a0Montreal and UQAM in 2003. He is an active member of Ateliers Graff in\u00a0Montreal and has exhibited his work internationally as an invited artist to
\ncontemporary printmaking biennales in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec; Guanlan,\u00a0China; Italy, Denmark and Sorcelles, France and has participated in\u00a0residencies at Martha Street Print Studios in Winnipeg, Queen Street Studios\u00a0in Belfast, and Engramme in Quebec City. He is a member of the Association\u00a0of Puppeteers of Quebec [AQM]. He is represented by La Petite Mort Gallery,\u00a0Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Allison Moore is an artist, educator and cultural operator. Based in\u00a0Montreal, she has produced projects in Ecuador, Brazil, the United Kingdom\u00a0and Europe. She achieved a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Concordia University in 2005. She is an active member of Ateliers Graff and has\u00a0developed new projects in video, animation and interactive computing as an\u00a0invited artist at Studio XX, Oboro New Media Labs and the Society of Arts\u00a0and Technology in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Together, Moore and Desmarteaux co-founded\u00a0Egotrip Productions, collaborating together since 2006.<\/p>\n

To download a copy\u00a0of the essay, including full artist and author biographies, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.openstudio.on.ca\/images_site\/desmarteaux-moore-<\/wbr>brochure.pdf.<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 12- February 18, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, January 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

OPEN STUDIO GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

an ever-expanding and evolving installation comprised of collaged screen and digital prints<\/p>\n

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