PAYSAGES FRACTURÉS - VISUALLY SIMILAR IMAGES
Exhibition for Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2015
Leading international contemporary photography biennial in Canada.
Leading international contemporary photography biennial in Canada.
Curator: Joan Fontcuberta
___
Isabelle Gagné (MissPixels) explores the uncertainty that contemporary thinking casts onto a landscape reduced to the aesthetic perceptions of a territory. A landscape is the expression of a place; a place is an inhabited space, a space become culture, a space appropriated by consciousness. The crisis of landscape as a genre arises with the questioning of which political, economic, cultural, and technological mechanisms turn environments into landscapes.
Data translation is once again the protagonist of Visually Similar Images (2014–15). In 2000, Google introduced its image search function, which uses keywords. We now have the reverse image search resource, enabling us to begin a search with a sample image, which is analyzed pixel by pixel by the search engine, in order to find images with similar pixel structures. In this case, Google algorithms interpret landscapes from Quebec’s 17 administrative regions and match them with other locations in the world. MissPixels has used the results to create dislocated collages that demonstrate the futility of laying claim to “truth to nature” in the face of the demiurgic pre-eminence of search engines.
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Tadoussac, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Port-au-Persil, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Estrie, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Montmagny, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Baie des Ha! Ha!, Québec, 2014-2015
De la série Visually Similar Images, débutée en 2014
Épreuve numérique montée sous Plexiglas
76,2 x 50,8 cm
Avec l’aimable autorisation de l’artiste
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Mégantic, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Épreuve numérique montée sous Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Cap Saint-Ignace, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Montebello, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
Visually Similar Images. Amos, Quebec, 2014-2015
From the series Visually Similar Images, started in 2010
Digital print on face-mounted Plexiglas
76.2 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© MissPixels
