Exposition « Abiogenèse : des étoiles aux momies » de Julie Tremble
"Abiogenesis: From Stars to Mummies" by Julie Tremble
May 22 - July 5, 2025
Main Gallery
ABOUT
Juxtaposing cinematic realism and science fiction, Julie Tremble puts forth a corpus of 3D animations. Saturated, extremely detailed, representations of planetary or celestial landscapes examine the nature of elemental composition and its role in the creation of all matter in the universe. Rooted in scientific knowledge, the artist proposes a philosophical reflection on life and the future of humankind, exploring different perspectives appealing as much to reason as to technological speculation.
With this project, Tremble proposes a virtual experience that enables us to visualize a future beyond Earth, a sort of life after death. Out of sidereal space, she lays out a site for links between the microcosm and the macrocosm. By staging a synthetic appearance of life on Earth, the artist questions our humanity, aspirations and quests. Under the veneer of futurism, Tremble examines the present — this precarious moment in which humanity finds itself, in which difficult, often irreversible decisions shall be made in function of what humans identify as priorities, for the benefit of what and of whom.
-Excerpts from the text written by France Choinière for the presentation of Abiogenesis: From Stars to Mummies at Dazibao, Montréal.
ARTIST BIO
Julie Tremble is a video and animation artist. Inspired by cinema, the natural sciences, literature, and philosophy, she is interested in the constituents of the universe, the states of matter, and their representations. By staging scientific theories and investigations, she produces experimental, contemplative, and hallucinatory science fiction.
Julie Tremble holds a Master's degree in Film Studies from the Université de Montréal (2005) and a Bachelor's degree combining cinema and philosophy (2000). Her work has been presented in Canada and internationally, in art centers including the Museum Ludwig (Budapest), Dazibao, the Darling Foundry and the Joyce Yahouda Gallery (Montreal), STUDIOTELUS at the Grand Théâtre de Québec and VU (Quebec City), the Foreman Art Gallery and Sporobole (Sherbrooke), as well as at various festivals including the Mirage Festival (Lyon), Mapping (Geneva), the Festival du nouveau cinéma and the International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal), Images Festival (Toronto), the Espace [IM] Média triennial (Sherbrooke), and ARKIPEL – Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. In 2013, she received the CALQ Award for Best Art and Experimental Work.