Event recording

Study day on dance and the visual arts at MACM – Conversation with Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie (in French)

Date
January 11, 2019
Place
Montreal
Video recording
Frédérique Rivest (Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault)
Sound recording
Alexandre Perreault (Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal)
Production
Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Length
57 min 32

The study day on dance and the visual arts held by the MAC as part of the Françoise Sullivan exhibition took place January 11, 2019 in Montreal.

With: Paul-André Fortier and Angélique Willkie

Project

Documentation of a dance and visual arts study day

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