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À peu de chose près

LUCIE ROCHER

curated by JEAN-MICHEL QUIRION

Lucie Rocher 2026

The exhibition À peu de chose près, specifically conceived for ROSALUX, brings together three recent works—Les variables [The Variables], Les espaces négatifs [Negative Spaces], and Les possibilités obliques [Oblique Possibilities]—into a body of work that bears witness to a progressive shift of photography toward its spatial potential. Images are no longer merely fixed; they are rearranged on surfaces associated with construction. Manufactured wood, recycled PVC banners, and colored plexiglass become the supports for a reflection on the materiality of the image in the digital age, dominated by the algorithmic regime of AI. Today, daily life is filtered and predictable: rather than observing the mutations of the built world around us, we contemplate streams of images compressed within the luminous surface of our screens.

À peu de chose près evokes a minimal, almost imperceptible shift; an uncertain space in which a viewpoint or a material tips toward another interpretation of reality. In Rocher’s work, it is often transformations—a variation in the support, an imbalance of the framing by a few centimeters, an inversion of tones, a displacement of the gaze—that profoundly alter our way of perceiving photographed spaces. The image never appears as a fixed given; it remains a construction site of limitless possibilities. It constructs transitional moments from these unstable conditions by reworking photographic gestures and knowledge. The aim of her photographic practice is to reveal the successive transformations of her immediate surroundings and to render the subtleties of her working process perceptible in a different way.

Originally from Paris, Lucie Rocher is a French and Canadian artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal whose practice explores personal archives in relation to the history and materialities of photography. Holder of a PhD from UQAM and a Master’s from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, she received the Research-Creation Excellence Award from UQAM (2026), where she also teaches photography. Her solo exhibitions have been presented internationally in New York, Reykjavik, Takasaki, and Paris, and her works are held in private collections across North America and Europe. Her first monograph, Duologies, was published in April 2026.

Jean-Michel Quirion (Québec / Canada) holds a Master’s in Museum Studies from UQO and brings over a decade of experience in cultural work. He has directed AXENÉO7 in Gatineau (2019–2022) and served as Co-General Manager at Centre CLARK in Montreal (2022–2025). As a writer, he contributes regularly to artist monographs and publications including Ciel variable, Esse, Inter art actuel, and Vie des arts. His curatorial projects have been presented across Canada and internationally, including at ROSALUX in Berlin (2025); he is currently Co-Director and Editorial Manager of Vie des arts.

                                                                             With the support of the Québec Government Office in Germany