Tuesday, February 11, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/11/2003 01:38:00 PM
Last night at the MG vernissage, the MG authours where swamped with suporters and fans who came out in force to shore there suport for the Mécanique générale. Here are some words of thanks from Jimmy in responce to the turnout. (english version follows)



VERNISSAGE Malgré trois bémols : nous n'avons pas pu avoir le documentaire à temps, nous n'avons pas pu avoir la nouveauté de Benoît Joly à temps et le Cégep n'a pas pu avoir de permis d'alcool à temps (à cause d'un changement de loi imprévu, ce qui nous a obligé à boire de la Molson au lieu de la Boréale prévue), la soirée d'hier me laisse un excellent souvenir. La réponse du public, abondant et enthousiaste, m'a enchanté. Je suis heureux de voir que notre projet rejoigne tout ce beau monde, ça va sûrement garder la flamme de mon optimisme aveugle allumée encore un petit bout de temps. Je ressenti de la fierté, et j'ai senti que notre projet avait une certaine pertinence.



Nous avons fait une sélection de pièces couvrant (ou pas) notre production récente (ou pas) en bande dessinée et nous avons tenu à ouvrir la porte à ce qu'on fait qui pourraît être aux limites du language B.D. Particulièrement pour Benoît Joly, qui s'amuse beaucoup sur ces limites. Pour Luc Giard, nous avons préféré privilégier ses peintures, qu'on ne voit décidément pas assez. Sébastien Trahan a emmené de ses animations aléatoires crackpots. Moi, j'ai fait une nouvelle histoire de 42 pages pour l'expo. Comme j'ai manqué de cadres et que j'ai envie qu'il reste des surprises dans le livre, je n'ai exposé que 24 pages. Nous avons aussi tenu à montrer un peu nos carnets et livres d'artistes.



Alors merci à tous ceux qui sont venus, sinon, l'expo continue jusqu'à samedi 3h. Détails sur le site mécanique générale.



MERCI

Jimmy



Last night will remain in my mind a good memory for a very long time, although, three things were missing: the short film we intended to show about our group (which couldn’t be ready on time), Benoît Joly's new book (which couldn’t be ready on time), and «Boréale» beer (ed:local non-preservative riddled brand). Due to new laws for alcohol permits, we had only horrendous Molson to drink (yuck!).



Regardless, the enthusiasm of the crowd was magic on us, making us feel proud and relevant.



Thanks a whole lot to everyone who came.



To the rest, you should come, the exhibit is still up, but only 'til Saturday the 15th at 3pm, not time to waste.



For the last two years, we've been working our asses off like madmen on this « mécanique générale » project and it's so soothing to feel that kind of support it breaks my heart.



Thank you so much, boys and girls!



Bye!

Jimmy





( ED NOTE: I still intend to write a few words of observasion about the show but this will have to wait for a day or so. But I will say here that someone should look into finding another gallery space willing to show this collection for a longer time, to help it get it the attention it deserves. Excellent showing by the MG guys, I’ll be back for a second and third viewing, you're a fool if you are in the area and miss this one. That’s my honest short opinion -salgood)

    
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