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Alexander Pay

Artist in Residence Artist in Residence

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History
The work of Alexander Payer, multidisciplinary artist degree in Fine Arts from the University of Quebec at Montreal (2009), recipient of several academic awards, surprised by his humility and resourcefulness when the diversion of the material. By the theoretical load that infuses his pieces, not without a touch of humor, he invites the public to participate in the scaffolding of a pseudo-science, to produce unexpected truths. Recent projects revolve around initiatives independent laboratories exchanges between artists and exhale as Produce: Life in the praxiodrôme presented to the versatile space of a barrack in Montreal (2009), or creative workshops open to the public as Artnivores, the last Biennale sculpture of St-Jean-Port-Joli (2010).

artistic approach essentially transdisciplinary work Alexander Paying moving around the transformation or movement of objects and common infrastructure to put forward their ability to evoke a metaphor rather than their use. The alterations are always done with transparency to show that these do not fall under the deception or illusion, but rather represent attempts to enter humbly into dialogue with culture. And passing through the system for testing certain cultural concepts the artist revisits, reopening the discussion about their true nature and function, debate in which all can then participate.
With each new venture, this young artist confronts a voluntary sector or a different place he has to manipulate resources in order to reveal unsuspected manner, the symbolic hidden. His work then becomes the director who re-orchestrated elements to be assigned to produce meaning, to emphasize the strengths and tensions of the system in which it will evolve.

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Alexander Pay

Artist in Residence

Background Alexandre Payer is a multidisciplinary artist with a degree in visual arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2009) and his work, which has garnered numerous academic awards, is a surprising blend of humility and ingenuity in its novel use of materials. Through the often humorous introduction of a theoretical component in his work, he invites the viewing public to participate in the elaboration of a pseudo-science and the uncovering of unexpected truths. His most recent projects, such as
Produire et expirer : La vie dans le praxiodrôme, presented at the multi-purpose locale of La Baraque in Montreal (2009), have revolved around independent work undertaken in artistic exchange workshops or creative workshops open to the public, such as in Artnivores, the last Biennale de sculpture in St-Jean-Port-Joli (2010).

Artist’s Statement Alexandre Payer’s work is essentially trans-disciplinary and seeks to transform and shift current objects and infrastructures and reveal their ability to evoke metaphor rather than use. The transformations are always presented in a transparent manner to show that they are not based on trickery or deception but are rather representations of a humble attempt to establish a dialogue with the culture. Using the installation to examine certain cultural concepts, the artist then revisits them, reopening the debate on their true nature and function, a debate which everyone can participate in.
With each new undertaking, this young artist willingly confronts a new discipline or space whose resources he must then manipulate in such a way as to bring to light their unsuspected modalities and hidden symbolic significance. His role becomes that of the director who rearranges the elements at hand in order to imbue them with meaning and expose the forces and tensions contained in the system within which he operates.