Jocelyne Alloucherie
in Matapédia
PROJECTION
HOBO
Gare de Matapédia – Artistique and Community Pole | 10 MacDonell Street | Matapedia
May 15 to August 31
Screenings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 6:00 p.m. Free admission
Jocelyne Alloucherie, Montreal, Québec | jocelynealloucherie.com
HOBO is a 54-minute film.
The term HOBO is borrowed from American culture. In the last century, it referred to clandestine travelers who hopped freight trains to move from city to city looking for seasonal work. They invented a form of writing, the HoBo code, traces of which – still legible – served to inform other itinerants about the particular features of a place. That title and the use of soliloquies become a metaphor for a visual digression that points towards a reflection on current migration and nomadism – a word of silence delivered while passing through forbidden places.
The pace at which this film unfolds has more to do with photography than moviemaking. Shots are often very slow, and require prolonged observation. Everything was filmed in existing spaces or spaces demolished since the visual captures, most of them prohibited.
PROJECTION
HOBO
Jocelyne Alloucherie, an artist based in Montreal, explores the notions of image, object and place by way of installations that blend sculpture, architecture and photography. Her work, conceptual and poetic, also includes permanent installations in public spaces.
Her career has been recognized with several prestigious awards, among them the Governor General’s Award in 2000 and the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas in 2002. Her works have been exhibited in important institutions in Canada, Europe and Japan, and she has taken part in major events like the Biennale de Montréal (1998), the Biennale de Liège (2002) and the Transphotographiques in Lille (2007).
Alloucherie has also had a number of monographic exhibits, including in Venice (2005, 2009), Paris (2007, 2008), Ottawa (2011) and Brittany (2017). Her work continues to be recognized for its esthetic and intellectual richness.