
{"id":37223581681,"global_id":"mcmichael.com\/fr\/?id=37223581681","global_id_lineage":["mcmichael.com\/fr\/?id=37223581681"],"author":"57","status":"publish","date":"2025-10-17 11:44:18","date_utc":"2025-10-17 15:44:18","modified":"2025-12-02 08:09:07","modified_utc":"2025-12-02 13:09:07","url":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/evenement\/artists-talk-stan-douglas-tales-of-empire\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/37223581681","title":"In Conversation: Stan Douglas and Andr\u00e9 Alexis","description":"<section class=\"mc-event-description\" >\n    <div class=\"mc-event-description__container site-container\">\n        <div class=\"mc-event-description__content\">\n            \n                <div class=\"mc-event-description__content--widget\">\n                    <div class=\"mc-event-description__content--widget--title\">\n                        \n                            <h1                            class=\"mc-heading__case--headline-5\">\n                                In Conversation: Stan Douglas and Andr\u00e9 Alexis                            <\/h1>\n                                                \n                                            <\/div>\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"mc-copy\">\n                            <div class=\"mc-wysiwyg-content\">\n<p>Join us for a special talk celebrating the opening of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/exposition\/stan-douglas-tales-of-empire\/\"><em>Stan Douglas: Tales of Empire<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally acclaimed artist\u00a0<strong>Stan Douglas<\/strong>\u00a0will be joined by award-winning Canadian author\u00a0<strong>Andr\u00e9 Alexis<\/strong>\u00a0for a conversation exploring the themes and ideas that shape Douglas\u2019s practice. Tales of Empire brings together five major photographic series that examine the global legacies of colonization\u2014an enduring focus in Douglas\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition offers a powerful reflection on history, memory, and the lasting imprint of empire on both landscapes and lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n        \n                <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar\">\n            \n                <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--widget\">\n                                        \n                    \n                        <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--tickets\">\n                                                            <span class=\"mc-copy-strong\">Speakers<\/span>\n                                                        \n                                                               \n                                    <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--ticket\">\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-small\">Stan Douglas<\/span>\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-strong-small\"><\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                   \n                                    <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--ticket\">\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-small\">Andr\u00e9 Alexis<\/span>\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-strong-small\"><\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                        \n                        <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--tickets\">\n                                                            <span class=\"mc-copy-strong\">Price<\/span>\n                                                        \n                                                               \n                                    <div class=\"mc-event-description__sidebar--ticket\">\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-small\">Free with admission<\/span>\n                                        <span class=\"mc-copy-strong-small\"><\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                \n                    \n                                        \n                                        <div class=\"mc-button--wraper\">\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.mcmichael.com\/Selection.aspx?item=880\" class=\"mc-button mc-button--primary mc-button--primary--large\"  target=\"_blank\">Register Now<\/a>\n                        \n                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"mc-paragraph\"  style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;\">\n    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__container site-container variant1 col1\">\n                    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__left\">\n                                    <h2                        class=\"mc-heading__uppercase--headline-4\">\n                        About<br \/>\r\nStan Douglas                    <\/h2>\n                \n                \n                                    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__text mc-copy\"><div class=\"mc-wysiwyg-content\">\n<p>Stan Douglas is a visual artist from Vancouver whose practice spans photography, film, video, installation, and theatre. Since the 1980s, he has explored the intersections of history, collective memory, and colonial legacies through technically ambitious and conceptually layered projects. His work often restages pivotal cultural and political moments, blurring the boundaries between documentary and fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas has exhibited widely, including five appearances at the Venice Biennale\u2014representing Canada in 2022\u2014and solo exhibitions at major institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and the National Gallery of Canada. His work is held in leading museum collections across North America and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas lives and works in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n                    <button class=\"mc-button mc-button--tertiary mc-button--tertiary--large read-more\" style=\"display: none;\"> \n                        <span class=\"btn-text\">READ MORE<\/span> \n                        <span class=\"btn-icon\"><?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"8\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 8\" fill=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\">\n<path d=\"M5.99945 7.05369L0.345703 1.39994L1.39945 0.346191L5.99945 4.94619L10.5995 0.346191L11.6532 1.39994L5.99945 7.05369Z\" fill=\"black\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n                    <\/button>\n                \n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"mc-paragraph\"  style=\"background-color:#dcdcdc;\">\n    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__container site-container variant1 col1\">\n                    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__left\">\n                                    <h2                        class=\"mc-heading__uppercase--headline-4\">\n                        About<br \/>\r\nAndr\u00e9 Alexis                    <\/h2>\n                \n                \n                                    <div class=\"mc-paragraph__text mc-copy\"><div class=\"mc-wysiwyg-content\">\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Alexis is a fiction writer who grew up in Ottawa. His novels\u00a0<em>Fifteen Dogs and Days by Moonlight<\/em>\u00a0won the Rogers Writers\u2019 Trust Fiction Prize in 2015 and 2019. He has also received the Scotiabank Giller Prize, CBC\u2019s\u00a0<em>Canada Reads<\/em>, and the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize. His eighth novel,\u00a0<em>The Ring<\/em>, is the fifth book in his \u201cquincunx\u201d series exploring philosophical themes. 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