mémento iv; 2003-2006

The fourth edition of Mémento featured essays by the artists in residency at Est-Nord-Est between 2003 and 2006. During these four years, Est-Nord-Est hosted fifty-one artists from North America, Europe, and Asia. Through the number of artists represented, the diversity of their origins, and the plurality of their practices – sculpture, installation, video, photography, music, sound, robotics, drawing, painting – this edition of Mémento, at once testimonial, record, and “souvenir album,” offers a stunning panorama of contemporary art production. Although the range of practices of the artists in residency had become broader over the years, sculpture and related practices were still predominant, due to the expertise and origins of Est-Nord-Est. Being in residency at Est-Nord-Est also means experiencing the riverside and rural landscapes of the Côte-du-Sud region.