a moment stilled Voyageur, 2010

France Dubois - Paris, France

Video Installation

Magnificent landscapes are projected on the windows of a minivan parked on the street. These moving images function as the vehicle's recorded memories. They may be the traces of past drives across the world, or the promise of future travels. The simultaneous allusion to past and future is also present through a double projection device which attempts to restitute the two fundamental dimensions of a voyage: what we have left behind and what remains ahead. The typical European scenery—travelling shots of the Alps—displayed by the Voyageur is also a reference to the back and forth migrations between the Old and the New World. The to and fro passages betweens these worlds is not only of populations and commodities but also of theoretical and philosophical trends and traditions. Taking the form of breathtaking iconic landscapes, a metaphoric voyage of ideas scrolls through the suburban minivan sitting idle in its parking spot. The incitation to travel here is perhaps one that opens onto an internal geography. The invitation to the voyage is made with a poetic tinge, the road traveled is more than a line down the middle, it is an ever changing sensorium.

France Dubois (born 1972) lives in Paris. Her artistic practice combines photography, video and installation, producing new narrative forms with images taken from reality. She has previously showed installations in the context of Nuit Blanche in Paris and Art Souterrain in Montreal. Her videos are distributed in Canada by Videographe.

Suitable for all ages

Thank you to:
Consulat Général de France à Toronto