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Karen Trask in collaboration with Don Goodes, 2025<\/span>\r\n\r\n

===<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCr\u00e9er de l\u2019art m\u2019a toujours sembl\u00e9 ressembler \u00e0 la construction d\u2019un ch\u00e2teau dans les airs, un jour de grand vent, en \u00e9quilibre sur la pointe des pieds, debout sur un \u00e9chafaudage. Je me lance le d\u00e9fi de tenter l\u2019impossible\u00a0: cr\u00e9er quelque chose d\u2019un peu fou, de difficile. Cette excitation du \u00ab\u00a0vais-je vraiment y arriver, et, comment vais-je m\u2019y prendre?\u00a0\u00bb fait d\u00e9marrer les choses, mais c\u2019est la curiosit\u00e9 de voir le r\u00e9sultat qui me pousse \u00e0 continuer. J\u2019expose \u00e0 la fois mes r\u00e9ussites et mes \u00e9checs dans ces qu\u00eates impossibles.\r\n\r\nDans les \u0153uvres pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es ici, j\u2019explore plusieurs types de t\u00e2ches impossibles. Elles vont de l\u2019improbable, comme la fabrication d\u2019un filet en papier, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tonnamment difficile, comme la tentative d\u2019attraper un morceau de papier qui tombe, en passant par l\u2019absurde et le futile, comme le fait d\u2019essayer d\u2019enfouir ses deux bras dans le sable ou de jouer du piano avec des gants de hockey; ainsi que par le d\u00e9fi technique, comme l\u2019utilisation de m\u00e9thodes artistiques complexes telles que le tissage triaxial \u00e0 quarante-cinq degr\u00e9s et le tissage bilat\u00e9ral qui se r\u00e9assemble en une image, et enfin, mais non des moindres, le fait de rendre le son audible \u00e0 travers mes mains. Ces t\u00e2ches impossibles sont litt\u00e9rales, visibles dans les techniques utilis\u00e9es pour cr\u00e9er les \u0153uvres et dans les performances film\u00e9es. D\u2019autres \u0153uvres sont \u00e9motionnelles\u00a0: conserver le souvenir d\u2019un \u00eatre aim\u00e9, maintenir la pr\u00e9sence de quelqu\u2019un disparu, ou rester connect\u00e9 au monde pendant le confinement.\r\n\r\nBeaucoup de ces t\u00e2ches impossibles impliquent des m\u00e9thodes r\u00e9p\u00e9titives, comme le tissage et le nouage. Cette r\u00e9p\u00e9tition me donne parfois l\u2019impression que le temps s\u2019arr\u00eate. Se perdre dans une t\u00e2che impossible peut donner l\u2019illusion que le temps s\u2019\u00e9tire \u00e0 l\u2019infini. C\u2019est l\u00e0 que r\u00e9side mon plaisir. Je m\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e9galement aux mouvements r\u00e9p\u00e9titifs dans le monde naturel\u00a0: le rythme des vagues dans l\u2019eau, du son et de la lumi\u00e8re. Dans mon travail, ce temps cyclique est li\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 la nature \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re de la vie et \u00e0 son renouveau. Sous cet angle existentiel, le temps s\u2019arr\u00eate, car il devient intemporel.\r\n\r\n

Traduction: M\u00e9lissa Guay<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/guz.ca\/aopa-karentrask\/awtheme\/impossible-task-making-time-stand-still\/","name":"The Impossible Task \/ Making Time Stand Still \u2013 T\u00e2che impossible \/ Figer le temps","slug":"impossible-task-making-time-stand-still","taxonomy":"awtheme","parent":0,"meta":{"order":6},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Impossible Task \/ Making Time Stand Still \u2013 T\u00e2che impossible \/ Figer le temps Archives - Karen Trask<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guz.ca\/aopa-karentrask\/awtheme\/impossible-task-making-time-stand-still\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Impossible Task \/ Making Time Stand Still \u2013 T\u00e2che impossible \/ Figer le temps Archives - Karen Trask\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Making art has always seemed to me to be a bit like building a castle in the air, on a windy day, while standing tippy toes on scaffolding. 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These impossible tasks are literal, visible in the techniques used to make the works and demonstrated in video works. Other works here are emotional: keeping a memory of a lover alive, holding onto the presence of someone who is gone, or keeping connected to the world during pandemic lock-down. Many of my impossible tasks use repetitive methods, such as weaving and knotting. I find this repetition can make time stand still. Getting lost in an impossible task can make time stretch on into forever. Therein is my pleasure. I am also interested in repetitive motion in the natural world, the movement of waves found in water, sound and in light. In my work this cyclic time is connected to both the ephemeral quality of life and renewal. From this existential perspective, time stands still, because it is timeless. 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D\u2019autres \u0153uvres sont \u00e9motionnelles\u00a0: conserver le souvenir d\u2019un \u00eatre aim\u00e9, maintenir la pr\u00e9sence de quelqu\u2019un disparu, ou rester connect\u00e9 au monde pendant le confinement. Beaucoup de ces t\u00e2ches impossibles impliquent des m\u00e9thodes r\u00e9p\u00e9titives, comme le tissage et le nouage. Cette r\u00e9p\u00e9tition me donne parfois l\u2019impression que le temps s\u2019arr\u00eate. Se perdre dans une t\u00e2che impossible peut donner l\u2019illusion que le temps s\u2019\u00e9tire \u00e0 l\u2019infini. C\u2019est l\u00e0 que r\u00e9side mon plaisir. Je m\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e9galement aux mouvements r\u00e9p\u00e9titifs dans le monde naturel\u00a0: le rythme des vagues dans l\u2019eau, du son et de la lumi\u00e8re. Dans mon travail, ce temps cyclique est li\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois \u00e0 la nature \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re de la vie et \u00e0 son renouveau. 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