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Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn’s art encompasses a wide array of processes based on her research, informed by feminist theory, which she applies to investigations of issues of historicity, community, utopian policies and multiculturalism…

Since 2006, Claire Savoie has been creating, among others, the ongoing work _Aujourd’hui (dates‑vidéos)_, which consists of producing daily videos according to a specific protocol…

Skawennati makes art that addresses history, the future, and change from an Indigenous perspective. Born in Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, she holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal, where she is based. She is Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC).

Sorel Cohen lives and works in Montreal. A graduate from McGill and Concordia universities, she has been a major figure on the Canadian photography scene for over twenty years…

Diane Landry lives and works in Quebec City. She produces installation and performance works influenced by readymade and her preoccupation with recycling.

Claude-Philippe Benoit is an artist living and working in Montreal. He is the co-founder of artist-run centers Axénéo7 and Daïmon, in Gatineau.

Dominique Blain is a visuel artist from Montreal, Québec. Often considered political, her works combine objects and images to reveal a world that has lost its bearings.

Geneviève Cadieux is a visual artist from Montreal. Her large-scale photographic images and installations centre on the representation of the human body and landscape.

Michel Campeau is a photographer, collector of vernacular iconography and writer born in Montreal. His work is multidimensional, drawing on sociology, anthropology, (socio)biography, the intimate and the collective, and is akin to photo-biographical writing.

Jean Décarie is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, and professor. He is interested in the manipulation of sound and image, often playing with overload, layering, and visual and auditory noise as a vehement critique of the media and television.

For the past 30 years, I’ve had the pleasure of sharing my passion for music in different parts of the world, whether intimate or vast, through my DJ performances, with constant research at the forefront.

Lynne Cohen was born in Wisconsin, United States; lives and works in Montreal.er works, known in both Europe and North America, have been featured in…

Thomas Corriveau is a visual artist and filmmaker. Since the 1980s, he has worked in drawing, painting, printmaking and animated film. 

Luc Courchesne is a pioneer in the digital arts. From interactive portraits to immersive apparatuses, he has created innovative and engaging works that have earned him prestigious awards.

Donigan Cumming is an artist born in the United States who lives and works in Montréal. His works address themes of the body, taboos of representation, social engagement and photographic truth.

Moyra Davey works across genres of photography, film/video and writing.

Evergon is a visual artist, teacher and activist. He is at the avant-garde of experimentation in the field of photography and lens-based mediums as well as being an important precursor of homoerotic contemporary art and an iconic figure for the homosexual communities.

Denis Farley is an artist from Montreal working on several photographic and mixed-media projects linked by with formal and conceptual considerations.

Nicole Jolicoeur’s practice encompasses photographic and textual installations, audio and video works, drawings and the publication of writings and artist’s books.

Holly King is an artist working with photography and constructed studio sets that she uses to create fictitious moody landscapes.

George Legrady is a digital media artist, researcher and scholar with projects realized at the intersections of photography, interactive installations, data processing and computationally generated visualizations, cultural analysis and the digital humanities.

Born in Montreal in 1960\. Lives and works in Montreal. Alain Paiement’s works have been shown extensively in North America and Europe, including the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair…

Sylvie Readman is Associate Professor at the UQAM École des arts visuels et médiatiques and holds degrees in visual arts from Université Laval and Concordia University.

A Czech-born Canadian artist, Jana Sterbak lives and works in Montreal and Barcelona. Since 1978, her multiform and complex work focused on the human body has regularly been featured in exhibitions, both in Canada and abroad.

Since 1960, the interdisciplinary practice of Serge Tousignant has been characterised by photographic experimentation.

Marie J. Jean is the executive and artistic director of VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine. She is also an exhibition curator and teaches at Université du Québec à Montréal. 

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## Artist-run centres played a key role in the emergence of a new art scene and in the integration of contemporary art into Québec’s cultural landscape. Today, they make up a structured production and presentation network, the most extensive in Québec’s art ecosystem, with a presence in every region.
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##During the 1980s, however, artist-run centres had to adapt to the dictates of neoliberal policies, which profoundly changed both funding mechanisms and cultural policy orientations. These changes had repercussions on the full spectrum of support programs for cultural organizations, going so far as to alter artist-run centres’ original mission. Where does that leave the artist-run centre today?   
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**Episode 1  
De l’autogestion à la professionnalisation**  

**2025**  
**27 min 54 s**  
**Version originale : français**  
**Sous-titres : français**  
**Son : stéréo**     
   
**Episode 2  
Upcoming**  
   
**Episode 3  
Upcoming**


**This content is available in French only.**   
   
**Listen on**  
[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EMidCNW3lWGDRyOuNx0mT?si=TosLOCkpRPalCRI9TVk3qA)     
Apple Podcasts      
[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/vox-132577185/grandeur-et-misere-du-centre-dartistes-episode-1?si=90eb1b0a411b4679ba81ae57bcfcd77e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)  
   
**Directed by**  
Marie J. Jean and Claire Savoie

**With contributions from**  
Raymonde April, Gilles Arteau, Amber Berson, Anne Bertrand, Fabienne Bilodeau, Catherine Bodmer, Hannah Claus, Laurianne Deschâtelets, Laurence D. Dubuc, Bastien Gilbert, Dominique Guillaumant, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Guy Sioui Durand  
   
**This podcast was made possible with the financial support of the program Connaissances en actions of Université du Québec à Montréal.**


Dans les années 1980, les centres d’artistes ont dû s’adapter aux impératifs des politiques néolibérales, qui ont profondément transformé les cadres de financement ainsi que les orientations des politiques culturelles. Ce balado pose la question : qu’est donc devenu le centre d’artistes ?

Balado. Grandeur et misère du centre d’artistes

BALADO  
Grandeur et misère du centre d’artistes  

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During the 1980s, artist-run centres had to adapt to the dictates of neoliberal policies, which profoundly changed both funding mechanisms and cultural policy orientations. This podcast asks: where does that leave the artist-run centre today?

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