Claudie Lévesque (almost all) program # 1
In line with the exhibition Ritournelles, a work in triple projection presented until February 12, we offer the first retrospective of filmmaker Claudie Lévesque. Between experimental and documentary cinema, between references to intimacy and the expressiveness of the body, she draws a sinuous path where the form is part of a genealogy of female creation (Bausch, Akerman, Deren).
Still Pina is an homage to German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch and a nod to Chantal Akerman’s film Un jour Pina a demandé… (One Day Pina Asked…). This short film presents its own version of a well-known scene taken from one of Pina Bausch’s choreographies, which integrates sign language and demonstrates the extent to which the body can be a vehicle for imagery and sound. (Vidéographe)
A brief satire of the self-portrait in video art.
Allegory in sequence shot on a round, colorful and soft countdown.
White Magic relates moments in the day of a young girl, the day of her 13th birthday, a Friday 13th... White Magic was made during the 2nd Montreal Super 8 Festival, whose very simple rule consists in shooting a single 50 feet reel, without editing afterwards. The special effects and the sequence of shots were therefore done in camera, during the shooting.
The waking dream of a young fisherman, surprised by the nature of his catch. First Catch was made as part of the 3rd edition of the Montreal Super8 Festival, whose very simple rule is to shoot a single 50 foot reel, without any post editing. The theme of the 2005 edition was "Dreaming in Kodachrome" and paid tribute to this notorious film, which was suspended the same year.
A woman leaves phone messages on the voice mail of a mysterious Sabrina...
Les Souliers de Dorothée uses the epistolary mode to reveal the intimate utopia of a woman who invents several characters. Jacqueline Demers, then Karol Baker and finally Kirick, come to life and straddle the ages through Dorothée's imagination.
Inspired by the works of Maya Deren, L'ACTE EN VERT evokes in a poetic way, a ritual of transformation. A young woman goes from the space of her room that she paints in green to the nature offered at sunset, one summer evening.
Claudie Lévesque
Claudie Lévesque obtained a Bachelor's degree in Film from Concordia University in 1991. Since 1996, she has devoted herself to media arts as an artist and cultural worker with the artist-run centers Les Films de l'Autre and Main Film, where she has directed several short films and special programming projects. Her work has been presented in numerous festivals and events. From 2003 to 2007, she participated in the Montreal Super 8 Festival as well as in creations for collective presentations. Consistent with an experimental approach, in 2011 she produced her first documentary work entitled Ma famille en 17 bobines. She regularly sits on various juries and committees in cinema and media arts and is a curator and project manager for festivals and dissemination events such as the 50 years of video art within the framework of Marseille - Provence 2013 European Capital of Culture.
