Statement Profile GlogauAIR Project CV Summary

Statement

Catherine Lejeune (she/they/them) is an artist-researcher born in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal (Canada). Inspired by their studies in psychology and the art movements of the 70’s, theirpractice in media arts and installation aims to develop a transversal dialogue between technology, politics and consciousness. While obtaining a master’s degree, they pursue several residencies in Canada and Europe and share their work in conferences, scientific articles and galleries.

Profile

GlogauAIR Project

As capitalism mutates into neoliberalism, biopowers are replaced by psychopowers. Instead of controlling-watching the bodies of the proletariat, the institutions now attack the consciousness which provides the majority of economic production. In this competitive context where humans are isolated, hyper-responsibilized and overworked, depression and anxiety become endemic disorders.
Shine bright questions the roles and powers of research-creation. Does art hold the potential to counter the lack of sensations caused by the techno-political context which has been exacerbated since the pandemic? As an artist-researcher, is it realist to think that I have an impact in my communities or that I can help improve the world? These research questions will be tested by registering transversely in the artistic and scientific fields while exploring with reflective materials, medical devices and performative protocols with the utopian intent of thwarting the negative effects of psychopowers. More exactly, by inducing experiences of over-stimulation, I am interested in the possibility of generating states of euphoria close to those experienced during raves or transcendental meditations. This performative, photographic and videographic installation project updates the aesthetics and the questions behind the cybernetic and beatnik practices that invest the political relations between consciousness and the spiritual potential of technology.

CV Summary

Formation:

2023 : Master’s degree in visual and media arts, UQAM
2019 : Bachelor’s degree in visual and media arts, UQAM
2011 : Certificate in psychology, UQAM

Solo exhibitions:

2021 : 2hot2handle, in duo with Marie Atcheba, 425 Viger O., Montréal
2014 : Pointe de laine, Maison de la culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal

Group exhibitions:

2021 : Créer des ponts, Ateliers du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
2021 : Festival ETC, Projet Casa, Montréal
2020 : lanuitnoire, CDEX, Montréal
2017 : Célébration, Galerie Beaux-arts des Amériques, Montréal
2016 : Les micro-féminismes, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal

Residencies:

2022 : shine bright, GlogauAIR online residency
2022 : devenir-lumière, with Hexagram network in arts, cultures and technology
2021 : please don’t stop the music, Art Souterrain’s residency for emerging artists
2021 : you remind me of a feeling, online residency for ETC Festival