Manif d'art 8 - the Quebec City Biennial

Curator and theme

Internationale Curator
Alexia Fabre

Assistant Curator
Anne-Sophie Blanchet

Theme
Joy is a transient emotion, but one permeated with a zest for living. Being joyous means, in a way, shaking off our individual and collective concerns. Being joyous asserts our right to experience wonder and to achieve aspirations which, whether real or imaginary, give profound meaning to our lives. Expressing joy means defying the limits of time and sharing the emotion in all its strength, fragility, innocence, poetry, and art.

Statistics

• 100 artists from 7 different countries
• 29 indoor and outdoor exhibition locations in Quebec City
• 240,000 visitors
• 34 exclusive and unseen works
• 50 partner organizations

Artists of the official selection

•  AElab
•  Pilar Albarracin
• Guillaume Arseneault
• Carlos Amorales
• BGL
•  Jordan Bennett
•  Lisa Birke
• Christian Boltanski
• Dan Brault
•  Jacynthe Carrier et L’orchestre d’hommes-orchestres 
•  Clément Cogitore
• Patrick Dionne et Miki Gingras
•  Chun Hua Catherine Dong
•  Robbin Deyo
•  Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
•  Jean Dubois
•  Parastou Forouhar
•  Coco Guzman
• Steve Heimbecker
• Joël Hubaut
• Sarah Anne Johnson 
• Yeondoo Jung
• Josée Landry Sirois
• Ange Leccia
•  Sarah Maloney
• Paryse Martin
• Jean-Charles Massera
• Annette Messager 
• Robyn Moody 
• Pierre&Marie 
• Elodie Pong
• None Futbol Club
• Jean-Christophe Norman 
• Karine Payette
• Société Réaliste
• Jocelyn Robert
• Vicky Sabourin
• Morgane Tschiember
• Mathieu Valade
• Yaloo