UdeM Nouvelles - Briser les tabous liés à la maternité
4/26/2022
An article discussing our virtual exhibition Réappropriations Acte 1 now on view at Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal (in French).
4/26/2022
An article discussing our virtual exhibition Réappropriations Acte 1 now on view at Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal (in French).
Confabulations: art practice | art history | critical medical humanities
4/12/2022
Infertility and Unpregnancy: Strategies for Transdisciplinary Practice in Art and Medicine
May 18, 2022 at 4pm to 5.30pm BST / 11am to 12.30 pm EDT
A dialogue between art historian Tamar Tembeck and artist Heidi Barkun, and a response from Isabel Davis, followed by a collective discussion.
In a dialogical exchange with art historian Tamar Tembeck, Heidi Barkun will introduce three of her recent art projects, and reflect on the tensions and gaps that must be navigated in straddling the worlds of art and medicine. Questions to be addressed in their exchange include: which art communities are open to receiving medically-informed works? What are the expectations towards (and limitations of) art in medical contexts? Are there representational taboos on either side, and what strategies are used to respond to them? In what ways can art practice shed light on the limitations of medical culture, and conversely, how does medical subject matter reveal certain closures in the art world? Finally, as artists and cultural workers, what strategies might be adopted to circulate nimbly across these fields?
Isabel Davis, co-collaborator on Conceiving Histories and expert on the long culture history of trying to conceive, will respond to Tembeck and Barkun’s presentation.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/infertility-and-unpregnancy-tickets-263583123217
4/12/2022
Infertility and Unpregnancy: Strategies for Transdisciplinary Practice in Art and Medicine
May 18, 2022 at 4pm to 5.30pm BST / 11am to 12.30 pm EDT
A dialogue between art historian Tamar Tembeck and artist Heidi Barkun, and a response from Isabel Davis, followed by a collective discussion.
In a dialogical exchange with art historian Tamar Tembeck, Heidi Barkun will introduce three of her recent art projects, and reflect on the tensions and gaps that must be navigated in straddling the worlds of art and medicine. Questions to be addressed in their exchange include: which art communities are open to receiving medically-informed works? What are the expectations towards (and limitations of) art in medical contexts? Are there representational taboos on either side, and what strategies are used to respond to them? In what ways can art practice shed light on the limitations of medical culture, and conversely, how does medical subject matter reveal certain closures in the art world? Finally, as artists and cultural workers, what strategies might be adopted to circulate nimbly across these fields?
Isabel Davis, co-collaborator on Conceiving Histories and expert on the long culture history of trying to conceive, will respond to Tembeck and Barkun’s presentation.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/infertility-and-unpregnancy-tickets-263583123217
Réappropriations. Acte 1
3/31/2022
The McConnell-Université de Montréal Research-Creation Chair on the Reappropriation of Maternity is pleased to present the virtual exhibition: Réappriopriations. Acte1
In partnership with Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal, this project shows the work of the artists in residence Heidi Barkun, Caroline Boileau and Kimberley de Jong.
The exhibition is available on the Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal website until June 30, 2022
3/31/2022
The McConnell-Université de Montréal Research-Creation Chair on the Reappropriation of Maternity is pleased to present the virtual exhibition: Réappriopriations. Acte1
In partnership with Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal, this project shows the work of the artists in residence Heidi Barkun, Caroline Boileau and Kimberley de Jong.
The exhibition is available on the Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal website until June 30, 2022
Round table at Foire Papier - Saturday Nov 27, 2021 at 12pm
11/26/2021
11/26/2021
Eunice Bélidor, newly appointed Curator of Québec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, moderates a discussion with the four most recent recipients of the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowships in Contemporary Art. Nico Williams, Leila Zelli, Mara Eagle and Heidi Barkun will speak about their emerging careers and art practices, their motivations and influences, teaching art and the transition to and from the academy.
This event will be held in English and in French.
Moderated by
Eunice Bélidor, curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Panelists
Nico Williams, 2021 Laureate
Leila Zelli, 2021 Laureate
Mara Eagle, 2020 Laureate
Heidi Barkun, 2020 Laureate
This event will be held in English and in French.
Moderated by
Eunice Bélidor, curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Panelists
Nico Williams, 2021 Laureate
Leila Zelli, 2021 Laureate
Mara Eagle, 2020 Laureate
Heidi Barkun, 2020 Laureate
New work at Foire Papier 2021
11/1/2021
A new installation will be exhibited in the Bronfman Fellowship kiosk at Foire Papier from November 26 - 28, 2021, in a hybrid format. The physical part of the fair will take place at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal while the virtual component will take place on papiermontreal.com.
11/1/2021
A new installation will be exhibited in the Bronfman Fellowship kiosk at Foire Papier from November 26 - 28, 2021, in a hybrid format. The physical part of the fair will take place at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal while the virtual component will take place on papiermontreal.com.
