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Art Reveal Magazine 49

SOEUR

Do you think of yourself as a conceptual artist? where it leads. I collect images, reflect upon them and
eventually find out what the work is about.
I feel quite the opposite of a conceptual artist. Taking
photographs is a very instinctive process and I accu-
mulate images and eventually, a body of work emerg- What are your future plans as an artist?
es. I rarely have a clear idea of what I will work on. It
depends a lot on the city I live in, the people I spend I moved back to Montreal a year ago and ever since,
time with, my home and my mood. The concept behind I have been flirting with portraiture again. I am also
the images comes afterwards. working on a performance piece that will culminate
in a site-specific installation. It’s about endurance
and ephemerality. This is a totally new direction I’m
Tell us a little about your background and how exploring and I’m very excited about it. Also a little
that influences you as an artist. nervous, as I have never done this before… but it feels
very natural as it ties in well with the rest of my work.
Stumbling upon photography changed my path in a It’s always good to get out of your comfort zone.
very unexpected direction. I am happy to have made
this choice based on what I really wanted to do, ver-
sus what I was supposed to do. In my work, I have
the same frame of mind, I follow my intuition and see