SÉNÉGAL/QUÉBEC : ECHANGES?

Amadou Pathé Sow and Nelson Henricks double screen video installation is based on images filmed in Senegal and Canada, combined with texts written by Pathé Sow. The work is a conversation between Pathé Sow, a new immigrant of Senegalese origin and Henricks, a Montréal artist originally from Alberta. The goal of this work is to help people understand there are two realities that exist: a Québécois / Canadian / North American reality dominated by consumerism, speed, and a lack of openness towards other civilizations; and a Senegalese reality marked by poverty, and a thirst for wealth and ease. (Amadou Pathé Sow and Nelson Henricks)

EXHIBITIONS September 7 – October 8, 2006, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal, Quebec.