M:ST 4.5 Artists
Marc Dulude (Montreal)
The Invisible Bike
Video Screening
July 4 to August 1, 2009
The Good Life Community Bike Shop
During a residency at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Scotland’s scenery inspired the artist to create The Invisible Bike in order to explore the notion of landscaping and wandering. How do you convey the idea of a landscape without representing it? How do you illustrate the notion of travel and roaming, through an object or even a vehicle?
The Invisible Bike is a bicycle covered with mirrors of various shapes. Assuming the silhouette of a bicycle, this specular object comes to reflect the people, the architecture and the scenery passing before you. The mirrors covering the bike give the impression of levitating the cyclist through a kaleidoscope of sceneries. Fleeting moment in time, the bicycle becomes the representation of a landscape, of a place visited and, as such, the object fades and our imagination is captured by another way of perceiving the scenery.
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Inspiré par le paysage Écossais durant une résidence au Scottish sculpture Workshop, The Invisible Bike explore l’idée du paysage et du nomadisme. Comment traiter de l’idée du paysage sans le représenter? Comment illustrer l’idée du voyage et du nomadisme à travers un objet ou même un véhicule ?
The Invisible bike est une bicyclette recouverte de miroirs de formes variées. Epousant la silhouette de celle-ci, l’objet spéculaire se trouve à réfléchir les individus, l’architecture et le paysage qui défilent au passage. L’habit miroitant de la bicyclette donne l’impression de faire léviter le cycliste à travers un défilement de paysage kaléidoscopique. Coup d’œil d’un moment, l’œuvre devient le véhicule d’un décor, d’un lieu visité et dès lors, l’objet se fait oublié et notre imaginaire capturé dans une autre façon de percevoir le paysage.
A native of Saguenay, Quebec, Marc Dulude currently lives and works in Montreal. He holds both Bachelors and Master's degrees from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi. Since 1999 he has worked as a visual artist, showing in nearly a dozen individual exhibitions and participating in numerous exhibitions and artistic events. His multidisciplinary practice involves installations, sculpture, in situ works, video and photographs.
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