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Sherbrooke, September 3, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Opening Reception of the exhibition of artist Myriam Yates on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm

at the Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University.

Exhibition Dates: September 11 to December 14, 2013 Artist: Myriam Yates

Curator: Vicky Chainey Gagnon We are pleased to present this exhibition, featuring the work of visual and media artist Myriam Yates as part of the

New Voices exhibition series, which gathers together video projections produced between 2005 and 2013. Often

presented in diptychs or as a series, Yates’ work addresses questions that relate to public space, modernity and the

ways in which images are produced. Yates is particularly interested in recreational areas and gathering places,

especially those that are obsolete or in the process of disappearing, where new ties are being forged between people,

modernity and architecture.

The video installations featured in this exhibition include Racetrack Superstar Ghost (2011), Amphithéâtre (2010),

A Space Between Mirrors (2010) and Occupants (2005), which document the shifting reality of a modern icon, the

Hippodrome de Montréal, formerly one of the most important monuments of horse racing in North America. These

installations demonstrate the building’s former glory, transformation throughout the years, and its gradual

abandonment. These four videos are accompanied by the artist’s newest work, Mirage (2013), a video investigating

the deserted Montréal-Mirabel International Airport.

Artist Biography: Visual artist Myriam Yates’ photography-and-video-based practice tends towards a documentary

approach, exploring the tenuous relationship between public and private space, following the shifting relationship

between architecture and its inhabitants. Based in the Eastern Townships for the past four years, Yates’ holds two

BFAs and an MFA from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her work has been shown at events such as Buenos

Aires International Documentary Film Festival (2013), Kassel Dokfest (Kassel, Germany, 2012), Images Festival

(Toronto, 2012), Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal (2007), Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid (2007, 2012,

Press  Release    2013) and the Regina Festival of Cinematic Arts (2005). It has also been featured in individual and collective

exhibitions: a duo show at CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art (NY, 2012), The Québec Triennale at the Musée d’art

contemporain de Montréal (2011), Optica Centre for Contemporary Art (Montréal, 2009), La Centrale Galerie

Powerhouse (Montréal, 2003) and Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Toronto, 2001). In 2005, she

attended the Banff Centre to participate to the IntraNation thematic residency program. Prizewinner of the Cyberpitch

contest (Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal 2004), she has also presented at the Banff Centre’s New Media

Institute’s Interactive Screen lectures and has just completed a video triptych for the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in

Montréal. She also works as the programming coordinator of Sporobole, a centre for contemporary art in Sherbrooke

(Québec). Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Fasken

Martineau DuMoulin law firm.

Free Entrance: Tuesday to Saturday, from 12 noon to 5:00 pm (and all evenings of presentation at Centennial Theatre).

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact: Karine Di Genova, Interim Director/Curator, T- 819.822.9600 ext. 2687 or karine.digenova@ubishops.ca Foreman Art Gallery: 2600, College St., Sherbrooke T- 819.822.9600 ext. 2260 / F- 819.822.9703 / E-gallery@ubishops.ca / W- www.foreman.ubishops.ca

This project is organized as part of the 4th edition of the biennial event Espace [im]media.

This project produced by the Foreman Art Gallery and is funded with help from the Canada Council for the Arts.