"Wavering Identities by Jacky G. Lafargue and Louis Couturier"
2001-04-04 until 2001-06-10
Bishop's University Art Gallery
Lennoxville, QC, CA

The Art Gallery of Bishop's University is proud to present the exhibition, Wavering Identities by Jacky G. Lafargue and Louis Couturier, which will be held from April 4 to June 10, 2001. Wavering Identities is a public art flag installation that has been exhibited in Brussels, Liege, Paris and Montreal. The flags focus on how immigrant citizens regard their countries of origin and adopted lands. Wavering Identities is not sheltered from the storm; it addresses everyone from the passer-by to the enlightened visitor and is made to capture our gaze and reflective thought (Robert Desbiens, director; Canadian Cultural Centre).

The installation manipulates urban public space by playing, not on an ideal of integration, but on the unease or surprise caused by redirecting familiar signs of communication (those thrown together or strictly codified). This action has been repeated in different countries, communities and milieus in order to give a true dimension to the project, which does not claim to pose questions of global importance or to evoke individual reactions. Rather, the flags provoke collective local reactions that remind individuals of their challenging group membership, however temporary and artificial that membership may be.

The flags will be installed at various points throughout the Bishop's University campus, both on the outside and inside of some of the main buildings. The opening of the exhibition will take place at the Art Gallery of Bishop's University on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 from 5pm to 7pm.

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