Interview with Catherine Parayre (2020)

Videopoetry / Videopoésie by Daniel H. Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc has been launched through the Small Walker Press, Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. Here are some still images from our recent conversation with Dr. Catherine Parayre, Editor at The Small Walker Press. The interview will be released next week!

The online version of the book can be downloaded for free at the following address: https://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/14790

The book is also available in paper version. Purchase inquiries: basicbrugel@gmail.com

We would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts for assistance through an Explore and Create Grant. Due to COVID 19 restrictions, we are presenting the interview in lieu of an onsite launch at Brock University.

Videopoetry/Vidéopoésie |SWP launch (2020)

Press Release

Videopoetry / Videopoésie by Daniel H. Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc is launched through the Small Walker Press,​ Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. The online version of the book has now been released: https://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/14790

The release date for the two-volume paper version has bee​n postponed until fall 2020.

About the book
Our need to revisit and to re-evaluate works completed from the late 1980’s to 2018 led us to the creation of this book. We are happy to share the actual works and documentation of these collaborative and individually based projects.

The texts are in English or French, some are presented bilingually. Introductions by Catherine Parayre and Lucy English as well as in-depth commentary by Sarah Tremlett.

We would like to thank editors Gina Maranto and Catherine Parayre. Thanks to Olivier Lasser for his help with the layout. We acknowledge the support of the New Brunswick Arts Board.

Communiqué de presse

Les éditions Small Walker Press,​ Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, Brock University, St-Catharines, ON, viennent de lancer Videopoetry / Videopoésie de Daniel H. Dugas et de Valerie LeBlanc. Le livre est maintenant disponible en version numérique / libre accès : https://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/14790

Le lancement de la version papier se fera à l’automne 2020.

À propos du livre
Ce livre réuni des textes et des images provenant de vidéopoèmes réalisés au cours des trente dernières années. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir partager ici ces œuvres collaboratives et individuelles, textuelles et virtuelles.

Les textes sont en anglais ou en français, certains sont présentés de façon bilingue. Le livre contient des textes d’introduction de Catherine Parayre et de Lucy English ainsi qu’un commentaire détaillé de Sarah Tremlett.

Nous aimerions remercier Gina Maranto et Catherine Parayre pour leur travail d’eìdition. Merci à Olivier Lasser pour son aide avec la mise en page. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Nouveau-Brunswick de son soutien.

The Small Walker Press addresses the research and creative interests of faculty members at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at Brock University, and engages with authors, artists and academics alike to produce small, innovative publications.

To End All War Anthology (2018)

I am very happy that one of my poems has been included in the anthology To End All Wars. The book is published by Puncher & Wattmann and edited by Dael Allison, Anna Couani, Kit Kelen, and Les Wicks with a launch at The Shop Gallery in Sydney – 3 pm, Saturday 27 October – 112 Glebe Point Road, Glebe.

‘To End All Wars’ was a phrase applied hopefully during ‘The Great War’. Its various permutations were meant to suggest that this one might be the last war of all. How quickly the phrase became ironic. How many wars have followed! The words ‘to end all wars’ must remind us today that all armed conflict is a vast social catastrophe. The centenary of the World War I Armistice comes with a barely veiled triumphalism in the countries that were victorious one hundred years ago. It was that triumphalism, and the failed peace that followed it, which led onto new catastrophes in World War II and then the Cold War. Now, well into the 21st century, with ever uglier nationalisms raising their heads everywhere, it is time to critically examine the Armistice of one hundred years ago, and its meaning for Australia and for the world, then and now.

This collection contains work from Australasia’s leading poets, some of whom have made a particular focus on conflict like Jennifer Maiden & Geoff Page. But a clear goal from the beginning was to have a truly diverse collection to fully give the flavor of our society as it is now and the impact conflict has on it. This was in part achieved by an open call for submissions which yielded a number of valuable surprises which would have been otherwise overlooked.

An Earshot programme based on the anthology will air on Radio National Mon 5th November 11 am on Radio National, repeated Sat 10th November 1.30pm.

https://puncherandwattmann.com/books/book/to-end-all-wars

Burlington Book Festival (2017)

September 16, 2017

4:30 pm
Text(e)/Image: Herménégide Chiasson and Daniel H. Dugas are two Canadian authors and visual artists. Both studied in the US, both are francophone, both have published books and participated in numerous exhibitions and art projects. In this improvised performance, they will explore dimensions of words and images to bridge informal and unusual dialogue about the written word, visual statements and spoken word.

https://www.facebook.com/BurlingtonBookFestival/

Des ravins au bout des lèvres (2014)

Après quatre ans de travail, voici Des ravins au bout des lèvres, un projet d’écriture sur la mémoire et le doute, sur l’oubli et le souvenir.

Il y a bien entendu le drame de la maladie de l’Alzheimer – le livre est dédié à Auguste Deter, la première patiente à recevoir en 1901, un diagnostic de cette maladie – mais il est aussi question de l’histoire de l’imprimerie, de la menace des insectes bibliophages qui dévorent lentement les fonds d’archives, de l’art de la classification, de la mémoire absolue, de la mémoire artificielle, du stockage de l’information et de la photographie, technologie de la mémoire.

L’idée d’écrire ce livre m’est venue voilà quatre ans déjà, alors que je transférais des données informatiques. L’ère numérique nous a propulsés dans une situation des plus singulière où le vieillissement de la population et les pertes de la mémoire encourue par celle-ci coïncident avec une accélération et une prolifération de toutes les mémoires artificielle. L’évanescence de la mémoire virtuelle est quelque chose de relativement nouveau qui nous incite à articuler de nouvelle façon d’approcher le passé, mais aussi de nouvelles façons d’envisager le présent et l’avenir.

J’ai voulu, parce qu’il s’agit de la mémoire, nommer ce qui m’a inspiré, ce qui m’a guidé, et les sources sont nombreuses. Ce réseau de reconnaissance se présente sous l’aspect d’une fouille archéologique, composée d’une multitude de strates. Il y a bien sûr les poèmes, mais il y a aussi des notes qui mettent en lumière certains aspects du processus d’écriture. À cela s’ajoute un index ludique qui pourrait être « un point de départ pour les lecteurs gauchers » comme le disait Matthew Goulish. Et parce que le livre parle de la mémoire et des trous de mémoire, le livre est aussi transpercé d’un trou.

Le lancement a eu lieu au Café Aberdeen le 24 avril 2014.

Compte rendu par Catherine Parayre (5 décembre 2015)

The Moss Theory (2012)

Here is the cover and content of my new book: The Moss Theory.  Published at the Basic Bruegel Editions, it should arrive in April (2012).  The story is based on two events that have occurred in New Brunswick and examine the emergence of a new patriotic attitude.