RÊVE, Je plonge

2021
DANIELLE LAMONTAGNE

This poster was part of the exhibition L’art dans la rue (Winter 2021). The project aims to culturally enrich and revitalize neighbourhoods, and develop local culture, while also giving more visibility to our artists, exploring various artistic approaches and disciplines. 

In the Winter of 2021, these posters were exhibited in the streets of Montréal · Tiohtià:ke on Publicité Sauvage’s palisades.

Danielle Lamontagne was born in 1962 in Montréal, where she currently lives and works. She holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design (1996) from Université du Québec à Montréal, where she also completed a master's degree in arts and letters in communication, with a specialization in interactive multimedia (2000). 

Danielle Lamontagne is a visionary and one of the first artists to employ digital technology in her creations. She didn't hesitate to use technology in her art in the late 1990s, when the art world still underestimated the advantages of this medium. She launched her virtual interactive gallery Digital Image Art to share and promote her art and multimedia (video and sound) creations online.  

Although she also creates on canvas and paper, her work is currently more focused on digital art and immersive media installations. These include projections, videos, digital images, sounds and complementary objects that conceptually represent the idea she wants to convey. Light and sound are ever-present features that she combines with multiple materials.

She continues to create with this same consistent spirit. Her rhythmic "silent poetry slams" are meant to elicit reflection or emotion. These poetic texts are the starting point for her art installations.  

A socially engaged artist, she casts a lucid and critical eye on the paradoxes of life and humanity. Her work evokes a bittersweet, sometimes raw, poetry, in a socially engaged style reminiscent of performance art. The texts, at times contemplative and poetic, also perceptively highlight the absurdity of our modern society, offering up inspiration for a better world.

In the pursuit of a certain kind of beauty, the artist's work is also meant to evoke a new sense of interdependence and a shared responsibility for the well-being of all people, living things and future generations. A just, sustainable and peaceful way of living. The artist's work is a means of reconnecting with that original, sacred space within, a place of peace and balance.

Poster dimensions: 24 × 36”. Paper: matte, 189 g/m², acid-free.
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