Dominic Gagnon →( total items: 2 ) Dominic GagnonInventor, director, installer and active performer on the international scene, Dominic Gagnon considers cinema as a technique for measuring the immeasurable or as a discipline of chaos. Since 1996, he has made public presentations of moving images, invents machines and concepts, performs sound works, built facilities and creates performances in various galleries, festivals and biennials around the world. Dominic Gagnon has produced and directed more than a dozen films / video / documentaries and experimental shorts many of which have won national and international awards. Among others - First prize in Videoex (Zurich), Gold Plaque at the International Film Festival Chicago (Intercom), Claude Jutra Awards (QC). In 2004, Cinémathèque québécoise de Montréal organized a complete retrospective of his work (film, video, installation and performance). Rip in pieces America Dominic Gagnon: Rip in pieces America ‘I was watching video on the Internet and I noticed that certain homemade clips were flagged for their content. As they were disappearing from free hosting sites, I started to save and edit them in a capsule format. Working in a gray zone about copyright, I nevertheless fulfill the authors’ will to contextualize their situation by grouping their videos together and more importantly diffuse / preserve their messages.’ D.G. |