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Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie – Photo Gaspésie
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Mission: To have people discover and get to know photographic creation in all its forms, by means of an approach that promotes encounters between the public and artistic creation.

RENCONTRES – 2015 EDITION

The theme “Identities and Territories” gives free rein to the interpretation we bring to the photograph, to what it embodies in our day-to-day life, in our relationship with the real and our perception of the world. It is also a pretext for presenting the body of work created by each artist participating in the 6th edition of Rencontres. [Learn more about the theme]

Installations and exhibits will be on display from mid-July to mid-September in the 13 host municipalities: Cap-Chat, Marsoui, Petite-Vallée, Gaspé and Forillon National Park, Percé and Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park, Chandler, Paspébiac, Bonaventure, New Richmond, Maria, Carleton-sur-Mer, Nouvelle (Miguasha) and Matapedia.

At the heart of the event, from August 20 to 23, is the Photographer Tour, where over 20 photographers will participate in public get-togethers on the subject of creation, such as projections, lecture-discussions and a roundtable. The opening will take place at Quai des arts in Carleton-sur-Mer.

RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE EN GASPÉSIE

In inventing Rencontres it was our duty to break ground and to stand out from other contemporary arts events. To champion photography, its language and its various esthetics, we have put in place an arrangement on over 800 kilometers (500 miles), which comprises 21 sites (indoor and outdoor) in 13 host municipalities. The exhibits and installations that we stage in the open air are integrated into the territory, into the places and the buildings. We take part in the identity of the territory while presenting a unique way of visiting it.

The concept of Rencontres resides in the interdependence of the artists and our territory, in the mutual encounter of the population and the artists, but also in the interaction among the works, the territory and the public. Each of these different players thus participates in the process of creation that we aim to foster.

Our vision: To introduce people to contemporary creation, its language, its codes and its various esthetics by occupying our territory: the Gaspé.

Our commitment: To champion the artist’s work, to increase its visibility and to promote the furthering of the discipline. Audience development and networking are at the heart of our actions.

BACKGROUND

A first photographic mission involving contact with a territory and its population titled Parcours du point de vue was created in the Gaspé in June 2009. This consisted of ten installations spread out over the territory, the result of the residencies of five guest artists. It was against this backdrop that Rencontres was launched in 2010.

Over the years we have taken important steps and concluded agreements so that our event become part of an enormous network dedicated to the visual arts, further to the objective of offering artists new platforms for creation and dissemination. We seek to support contemporary creation and to forge lasting bonds with visitors. The development of an audience and the circulation of works are at the heart of our actions.

Each edition of Rencontres is the opportunity to address different artistic approaches by way of activities such as artist residencies, get-togethers with the public, and school-based undertakings. Our contribution to the development of the discipline is confirmed at the panels and discussion forums that we organize between artists and the public.

Our 2nd edition resulted in a highly positive balance sheet, with figures to support it. According to the Étude d’achalandage, de provenance et de retombées économiques (Study of Patronage, Origin and Economic Repercussions) conducted by SEGMA Recherche, the 2011 edition attracted 113,062 visits to photographic exhibits and installations in the 13 host municipalities, generating total direct expenditures of $9,668,456 in the Gaspé. In 2014, Rencontres attracted 156,000 exhibit visits.

2015 PARTNERS

THANK YOU TO THE HOST MUNICIPALITIES AND TO ALL OUR PARTNERS