PIERRE ST-JACQUES - Station Independent Projects - February 20th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

February 20 – March 17, 2013

Opening Reception: February 20, 6-9pm

St-Jacques’ current series of five video works, A Gathering of Shifts, investigates how a series of small gestures, like a dance between individuals, can lead one astray or bring people together. Subject to an invisible slope that gives the characters motion and intention, some of the characters are in full control of their environment, while others have let the sway and momentum consume them and have lost control. St-Jacques’ selection of gestures and themes come from past work where, often accidentally, the intentions of the characters would be hinted at, but not explored in depth.

These new works mark a departure for the artist and are more experimental, abstract and explorative. St-Jacques states: “I've found that there is no forcing what the piece will eventually become. What started as a concept then gets changed and altered by the process of making”. In many ways the themes explored in A Gathering of Shifts are also present in the making of the work.

Pierre St-Jacques has shown his work at Artist's Space in New York, Gallerie Joella in Finland, the DiVA Art Fair in New York, the Scope Art Fair in New York, the Bridge Art Fair in New York and Miami, the Director's Lounge in Berlin, the Bronx Museum of Art in New York, The Montreal Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, and Real Artways in Connecticut.  In 2009, he attended residencies in Beijing, China and in Newfoundland, Canada.

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