Marc Paradis Program #1
Ce vidéaste est l’une des figures majeures du développement de l’art vidéo au Québec. Présenté en collaboration avec Vidéographe (qui vient de lui consacrer un ouvrage), cette projection (dont le 2e volet sera présenté lors du FNC) permet de refaire découvrir au public de 2021 la force d’une œuvre dont le propos s’enracine fortement dans le portrait de mœurs et la réalité homosexuelle des années 1980.
Identifying himself intimately with serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the director uses the camera to take hold of the actors, constructing fantasies that lead them to believe they are the victims in a film yet to be made. The young men, aged 19 to 26, speak from the heart about love and prostitution. Their search leads us into another world. Is this the world of John Wayne Gacy?
Harems is a love story between a screen-writer and a gogo-boy, the latter being typically representative of the image of seduction in the 80's. The screenwriter leaves on a journey and asks the gogo-boy to accompany him. A scandal breaks out and the gogo-boy's antics lead to both men's meeting with the narrator. She introduces the spectator to the psychological state of the screen-writer - who is in the process of inventing a mythic character based on his lover - and befriends and helps the gogo-boy in his quest for happiness. The narrator relates the story taking place between the two men and questions the relationship between fantasy and the reality of love.
Marc Paradis
Marc Paradis est un artiste québécois né à Montréal en 1955 et décédé à Montréal en août 2019. Il est surtout connu pour son travail en art vidéo qui aborde l’homosexualité masculine. (Wikipédia)
