Knight of infinite resignation

*Opening :: saturday march 13th, 3pm-6pm*

Experience is one of the motifs of Diane Landry’s practice, a way of understanding , exploring the world in a intuitive way in her relation to the object and time. A multidisciplinary artist working in performance, she creates a kinetic universe from ordinary objects whose main purpose, meaning, and attributed values she diverts and re-utilizes, ultimately aiming to change the emotional memories tied to their recognition. Whether automated or fixed, the body in performance serves as a yardstick for the study of time and movement, material that is then taken up in archetypal form in her installations.

368 songs with the word sad in the title mixed into one song

*Opening :: saturday march 13th, 3pm-6pm*

Kartz Ucci’s multidisciplinary practice is informed by language theory and philosophy. With an unapologetic inclination for the romanticism, she reveals that her works and their subjects are often inspired and (re)defined according to her emotional response to different spaces. Especially concerned with notions of reproducibility and reappropriation, she endeavours to reinterpret existing texts, musical pieces, and films by adopting various conceptual strategies, which then give direction to the form and content of her productions.

Artist projects distributed as free posters

*Points of distribution are now online!*

As of January 2010, original artist projects related to OPTICA’s programming and archives are freely distributed as posters at the gallery, as well as in different libraries, bookstores, centres, galleries and museums. The first posters highlight the work Gabor Szilasi and Anne-Lise Seusse. A list of points of distribution is now available on our website. OPTICA invites you then on a cultural circuit throughout the city : keep an eye out, look around, and start a collection!