Artists Statement

When hibernation culminates in a scenic trance allowing us to imagine a cosmic landscape which we can explore, we all become Shamans.

• Emmanuel Avenel. Born in Dieppe, France, in 1962, Emmanuel Avenel has resided in Montreal since 1987. Nature, the main theme represented in his work, is considered not only from the point of view of the artist but also that of an ecologist. Since 1981, Avenel has walked and travelled through France and Europe, Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec and Canada. By means of hiking trails, the artist brings himself closer to the landscape, and demonstrates his effectiveness with both photo and video cameras. In France by rail, he allows us to discover the richness of the French landscape, whether in movement or in stasis.
• Marie-France Giraudon is a multi-disciplinary artist, originally from France. She lives and works in Montreal where she is currently completing her Masters Degree in Visual Art at the Universitdu Quebec Montdal. She has participated in numerous national and international events, and her artistic process explores the relationship between photography, video and installation. She began collaborating with Emmanuel Avenel in 1985.
• Alistair Gentry is a writer and artist whose work includes the novels. Their Heads Are Anonymous (1 997) and Monkey Boys (1999), stage and radio plays, stones in printed and electronic form, readings, performances, installations and audio. He has been artist in residence at several UK galleries.
• Joe Magee trained as a graphic designer at London College of Printing, Glasgow School of Art and Manchester Polytechnic. He spent much of the past ten years making over a thousand published images for publications such as The Guardian, New York Times and Liberation. He has also won the Adobe Imaging Prize. Both artists live in England.