Karoline Georges
Karoline Georges | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 June 1970 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, artist |
| Period | 2000s–present |
| Notable works | De synthèse |
Karoline Georges (born 22 June 1970)[1] is a Canadian novelist and multidisciplinary artist from Quebec. Her work spans literature, visual arts, digital art, video and immersive installation.[2] Her novel De synthèse won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[3]
She studied art and film at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, and art history at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her debut novel, La Mue de l'hermaphrodite, was published in 2001, and she has since published novels, short stories, poetry and children's literature.[4]
De synthèse won the Prix Jacques-Brossard in 2018.[5] It was selected for the 2019 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by broadcaster Manal Drissi.[6]
Artistic practice
In addition to her literary work, Georges has developed a multidisciplinary artistic practice involving sound and kinetic poetry, photography, choreography, video installation and digital media.[7] Her work has been presented internationally in festivals, biennials and exhibitions devoted to contemporary art, digital media and video poetry.[8]
Her video work Repères combines architectural landscapes with poetic fragments, creating a videopoetic encounter between documentary imagery, fiction and virtual presence.[9] The work was presented at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2012 and at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin in 2013.[10][11] It was also presented at the Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Carthagène des Indes, the FILE Electronic Language International Festival in São Paulo, La Bande Vidéo in Quebec City and the Maison des écrivains in Montreal, and was selected for the 2017 Lumen Prize longlist.[12][13][14][15]
In the 2020s, Georges's digital art practice increasingly incorporated artificial intelligence, virtuality and moving image.[16] In 2025, her work was included in Latent Spaces, a collective exhibition at ELEKTRA Gallery in Montreal devoted to AI-based generative video.[17] In 2026, her series The Post-Brocart Chamber was included in The Machine's Eye in Human Hands at Fotografiska Stockholm, an exhibition devoted to generative artificial intelligence and contemporary image-making.[18][19]
Works
Novels
- La Mue de l'hermaphrodite, 2001
- Ataraxie, 2004
- Sous béton, 2011 (English translation Under the Stone, 2016)
- De synthèse, 2017 (English translation The Imago Stage, 2020)[20]
Short stories
- Variations endogènes, 2014
Children's literature
- L'Itinérante qui venait du Nord, 2003
Poetry
- (l'individualiste), 2006
References
- ^ "SFE: Georges, Karoline".
- ^ "Karoline Georges: le culte absolu de l'image", La Presse, December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Zoom sur les prix du Gouverneur général 2018", Le Devoir, October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Karoline Georges - Forcément sublime". Le Devoir, September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Le prix Jacques-Brossard remis à Karoline Georges". Le Devoir, May 5, 2018.
- ^ "5 combattants dans le ring du Combat national des livres". Ici Radio-Canada, April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Karoline Georges". NT2 / UQAM.
- ^ "L'obsédante quête du sublime". Mobiles. 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Catalogue: Karoline Georges". Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
- ^ "Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid". Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris.
- ^ "Rencontres Internationales". Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
- ^ "L'obsédante quête du sublime". Mobiles. 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Karoline Georges". FILE Festival.
- ^ "REPÈRES". La Bande Vidéo.
- ^ "Repères, une installation vidéopoétique de Karoline Georges". Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois. 7 September 2018.
- ^ "L'art, l'IA et l'interdisciplinarité. Entretien avec Karoline Georges". Interfaces numériques. 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Latent Spaces — Collective exhibition". ELEKTRA Montréal. 6 November 2025.
- ^ "The Machine's Eye in Human Hands". Fotografiska Stockholm. 8 May 2026.
- ^ "Maskinens öga i människans hand". Fotografiska Stockholm. 8 May 2026.
- ^ "12 Canadian books coming out in July we can't wait to read". CBC Books. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2020-07-08.