In this episode of the Belgo Report we capture inner monologues, explore quiet spaces in nature, and we contemplate ideas surrounding sovereignty. Host Bettina Forget chats with photographer Marisa Portolese about her exhibition Belle du Jour at Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, and explores how she captures her model’s inner landscape. In her interview with curator Cheyanne … Continue reading
In this episode of the Belgo Report we’re talking about ticking clocks and toxic flora. Host Bettina Forget sits down with François LeTourneux, associate curator at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and its man in charge of exhibiting one of the most iconic works of contemporary art: Christian Marclay‘s The Clock. François and Bettina … Continue reading
In this episode of the Belgo Report we’re talking about light, time, polaroids, and contemporary alchemy. Host Bettina Forget and Montreal artist Fiona Annis discuss dead stars, pre-film photographic techniques (which require some solid knowledge of chemistry), and how Fiona uses her art to bridge the past and the present. Much like Fiona Annis, Anthony … Continue reading
This episode of The Belgo Report focuses on the photography biennale Mois de la Photo à Montréal. Host Bettina Forget talks to the biennale’s curator Paul Wombell about the theme “Drone – The Automated Image” and the idea of photography without a photographer. In the second half of the program Bettina talks to artists Véronique … Continue reading
This is our first Q & A edition of the Belgo Report! Host Bettina Forget chats with Rhonda Meier about the role of the curator, history buff Guy Rogers explains where the Belgo building got its name, and André Laroche has a few tips about vernissages and how to get the most out of your … Continue reading
Host Bettina Forget chats with Montreal artist Michel Martino about his fascination with the Turcot interchange, a crumbling concrete behemoth despised by most Montrealers but, according to Michel, one of the city’s most beautiful pieces of architecture. Horrid highway or underappreciated urban icon? You decide. And, as per usual, at the end of the hour … Continue reading
This episode of The Belgo Report is all about contemporary printmaking. Host Bettina Forget chats with artists Leslie Mutchler and Jason Urban, both in Montreal for a visit from Austin, Texas. Leslie transforms printmaking into an artform which includes sculpture, design, and audience participation, as demonstrated by her current exhibition TrendFactory Mtl at Arprim. Her … Continue reading
In this episode of the Belgo Report host Bettina Forget interviews Montreal artist Fred Laforge, and then takes us on a visit to 3D printing studio Robocut. Fred Laforge’s work focuses on atypical bodies – his drawings and sculptures feature people with Down Syndrome, obese women, and women with an overabundance of hair. Bettina and … Continue reading
Spring is in the air, and we are going to talk about women. In the first half of the hour host Bettina Forget sits down with Montreal artist Melanie Matthews to chat about her recent work (which includes a giant vulva coloring book), and in the second half of this episode Noémi McComber talks about her … Continue reading
In this, our very first Belgo Report episode, we are exploring the Belgo building itself. Bettina starts by flipping back the calendar about about a hundred years and tracks the Belgo’s transformation from a mundane commercial building into the epicenter of contemporary art that it is today. For some extra insights, she chats with building … Continue reading