Directions № 1

In a box, on a bed of irrelevant paper shred, lies [ ]. This book presents and documents the fading away of an abandoned structure at the back of an old textile factory. Every page contains hints proving the existence of the structure, yet also tries to hide it below many layers of interpretation. Finding these clues, and the performance of collecting them for weeks at the municipal archives slowly evolves through the book. From the literal proof, to the figurative proof, clues slowly disappear. The book even tries to shred itself in a self-destructing attempt.This mysterious structure, today demolished, faintly lives on through this book on a bed of paper shreds. Yet again buried in a cardboard box.

In 2012, Québec youth took it to the streets. Following movements like occupy and European tensions facing the Greek debt, this movement we named "le printemps érable" sparked a new political enthusiasm.

The We Will Start a Beat, We Will Start a Movement poster presents this enthusiasm from a political activism perspective. The citation comes from UK band Enter Shikari's song in which the lyrics point out how stagnant social movements have become, and how we should just start a new movement.

Making the poster was made in the most rudimentary way that I could think of. Inspired by 80s zines, the entire poster is composed by scanning, cutting, destroying, rescanning the same original piece of paper. In the end, the poster is printed using a large format plotter and color is added using a rather forgotten Russian printing method called Lubki.

Yes No Charter is a direct response to the confused and divided Quebecers following the proposed Parti Québécois' 2013 charter of values. The racist and xenophobic proposal either angered or seduced the population, but definitely confused everybody. Quebec's identity didn't know where to put itself. Yes No Charter, based on the common expression "Yes no Toaster", which is meaningless, demonstrates how detached from reality this charter proposal really was. The poster series studies the cultural tensions exposed by the charter. Through dynamic compositions and common typographic and formal shapes, all posters are unique in their execution. This diversity creates an interesting contrast to the proposed charter.

Concordia University's Environment, Health and Safety selected this series of posters to promote safety in labs. This series explore the relationship between typographic and photographic composition. Each poster contains a single vibrant colour and a dynamic photographic composition to quickly capture the attention.

The series was printed on a 5 colour press, one Pantone tint per poster along with black.

VS is a social experiment to be played as a combat game in a web browser. The game explores notions of the political and ideological spectrums. Notions that create seemingly eternal debate. They define us and divide us. We are simply incapable of being universal and believe in similar ideas. This game takes a cynical and playful approach to these debates by provoking quick and pointless combat matches between any two individuals.

This game is built using the Enchant Javascript game engine and lets two local players choose different historical figures and battle against each other. The roughness and colours of the graphics are inspired by the fragility of the ideologies mentioned in the gameplay.

Personne n'est illégal-e is a graphic booklet about the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe. The book explores concepts of oppression and openness towards Syrians coming to Europe to seek refuge. Gathered images come from copyright free images found online. Throughout this book, photos show how European Nations rallied differently during the fall of 2015.

This is a kick off, kind of pedal to the metal, full steam ahead, pronto kind of thing. Newton once wisely said that anything will keep a uniform straight line trajectory as long as nothing applies a force against it, changing the trajectory of both force. Anyway. Directions isn't that, nor it is the opposite. It is rather just a way for me to pause and reflect while connect different past projects together. These six distinct projects all represent different directions, yet define my practice. Starting with [ ] as my thesis project presented at AXENÉO7 in Gatineau. This is somewhat my first print project, yet not the last. We will start a beat, we will start a movement pushed how I could use iteration to produce things very quickly and cheaply. In this project I found a passion for manual graphic exploration, cutting, pasting, photocopying and non-industrial printing methods. Along with Yes No Charter, these posters were also my first political pieces. The Environmental Health and Safety posters is probably my proudest academic achievement to this date. The scale of this project let me see how my work could have a real impact on people. Both VS and Personne n’est illégal-e also demonstrate my willingness to bring political ideas to the viewer in a constructive and open mindset.

Directions is my first exhibition, my first magazine, my starting point as a graphic designer and web developer. Directions is an essay conducted both on the web and on paper (Yes, I printed this too). Directions takes a pause and reflects on projects that shaped my practice, my opinions and my future. Directions is where I want to be, not where I once was.