Book Carvings Projects By Guy Laramée

Since 86, he is the author of several interdisciplinary works (Les Éléphants sont venus mourir ici, 86; Théorie du Désert 91; Marche de Nuit 94-96, BIBLIOS 2005-6) and co-author of multidisciplinary works (URNOS, 2004 ; Ici et là, 2004). He has been scriptwriter and director of short films (Marche de Nuit, with Henri-Louis Chalem, 96; CrystalKey Bee, 97). From 94 to 98, he has been the artistic director of PluraMuses, a company devoted to the production of multi-disciplinary works and involved in the Meduse cooperative in Quebec City. He initiated and coordinated « L’espace traversé », a pan Canadian conference on interdisciplinary practices in art (Bilingual book published by Le Sabord : L’Espace traversé).
In parallel with his artistic practice, he pursues an investigation in the field of anthropology. His fieldwork includes : ethnomusicography of the Fetiche ritual in Togo (86), Oracular imagination among the healer of the Peruvian Amazon (93-95), Concepts of creativity and imagination among contemporary artists (MA thesis : 2002). The ethnographic imaginaire is a strong marker of his artistic work.
Although his work had already been seen within museum and galleries (Marche de Nuit hosted by the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum, 94; « Quelle belle journée pour mourir ! », Méduse 1997), his appearance in the context of gallery exhibits is relatively new (2004). However, at the end of 2011 his log sheet will already include some 15 solos and more than 20 collective shows, half of which abroad.