Trajectories – Detours – Resistance
International Symposium of Site-Specific Art at the Jardins du Précambrien, Val-David, 2014

Trajectories – Detours – Resistance. Each of these words holds an intrinsic power. Put together, they suggest a place of extraordinary imaginative worlds. The very concept seems to encompass the words travel and territories. The resilience of this place – the Jardins du Précambrien – and the continuity of its International Symposium of Site-Specific Art along three kilometres of forest trails, outside of walls and beyond all conventions, are indicative of one of those remarkable sites of resistance by art. Nineteen years after Les territoires rapaillés, the theme of the first Symposium, the 2014 edition carries on in the same spirit, connecting geographic and imaginary territorialities of the Americas, this time taking into account the complexity of their configurations as Trajectories – Detours – Resistance. The meeting  of public and artists will form paths and detours along the trails, and the idea of resistance will be expressed in traces and imprints added to past editions. An intense, enjoyable experience will be offered by the highly diverse installations by the guest artists, through Aboriginal resonance – , Nadia Myre (Anishinaabe/Algonquin) and Nicholas Galanin – Québec women’s contribution – Caroline Cloutier and the Collectif les Ville-Laines – and South American Latinness (Rafael Gómez Barros of Colombia).

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