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Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau (Séripop) “The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements)” at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal

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Installation view. Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau (Séripop), The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements), 2015. Courtesy the artists and Galerie Hughes Charbonneau, Montreal. Photo: Guy L’Heureux

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CHLOE LUM & YANNICK DESRANLEAU (SÉRIPOP)
THE FACE STAYED EAST AND THE MOUTH WENT WEST (ELEMENTS)

2 May – 6 June 2015
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal

>> PERFORMANCE << Friday 29 May 2015, 17h30
Choreography by Sarah Wendt
with Sarah Wendt, Katie Ewald + guest performers

For their sophomore exhibition at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Séripop – the collaborative practice of Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau – will be exhibiting a new presentation of multi-disciplinary work. Known for their large scale sculptural installations constructed of brightly coloured – sometimes printed – paper materials, The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements) exhibition distinguishes itself by referencing that sculptural work and its concepts through photo-based installation and performance.
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Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum (Séripop): Vexations at Access Gallery, Vancouver

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Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum (Séripop), Vexations, installation view, 2014. Screen printed paper, rubber, wood, paper mâché, rope, paint, polyethylene film, pigment, pulleys, electrical chord, nets, found objects. Courtesy of the artists. Photo by Yannick Desranleau

Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum (Séripop)
Vexations
11 January – 8 March 2014
at Access Gallery, Vancouver

In Vexations, Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum consider the space and surfaces of the gallery as a receptacle for a visual response – a vessel that will be both present and formless in the support of a resulting “sentence” that will be uttered. Through the manipulation of coloured paper against other materials, Desranleau and Lum’s sculptures react to both planes and void, to create tension between volume and flatness, mass and fragility, material stress and failure, and inertia.
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Séripop “This Peculiar Bias Will Nonetheless Set Up A Vast Field For The Unforeseen” at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal

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Séripop, This Peculiar Bias Will Nonetheless Set Up A Vast Field For The Unforeseen, 2013. Installation view. Courtesy the artists and Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal. Photos by Éliane Excoffier

Séripop (Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum)
This Peculiar Bias Will Nonetheless Set Up A Vast Field For The Unforeseen
6 March – 6 April 2013
at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal
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Interview: Séripop mashes noise and minimalism


Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum in their studio in Mile End, Montréal, 2013. Photo by M-KOS

Montréal based artist duo Séripop (Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau) are known for their printed paper-based artwork, often assembled from loud and colourful posters into the large installations, as well as for their noise band AIDS Wolf and unique fashion style. Although they have been around for nearly a decade, they recently popped out as a breath of fresh air on Montréal’s art scene for the Quebec Triennial in 2011. M-KOS visited their studio in Mile End, the city’s main artist quarter.

MKOS: Can you tell us how Séripop started out?

Yannick Desranleau [YB]: We initially got together as a couple in 1999 and both were doing art and music on the side, but really it was the music that brought us together.

Chloe Lum [CL]: We decided to start a band playing music together and ended up merging our art practices. We were both doing videos and performances at the time.

YB: We didn’t start collaborating full-time until 2002.

CL: When we dropped out the school, we really became a collaborative unit. Because we were playing music, in a DIY noise band, and it seemed natural for us to start making posters for our shows. We started seeing posters as a place we could experiment formally and realize some possibilities by looking at them on the streets.
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