<span style="color: #000000"><strong>It is with great joy that we invite you to the first launch of our new publication <em>Dundee</em>, where artist Hua Jin will be in attendance. Join us at Centre CLARK on Wednesday June 7th at 5pm!

A launch in Quebec City will also take place in the coming months, details to come.
The book will be available on VU's website on June 7th and in bookstores on June 26th!

Hope to see you there!</strong></span>

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Dundee is a paradox, in which human desire for permanence is confronted by nature’s inevitable force, and the constant shift of social landscapes. A paradox of temporality and continuity.

For several years, the artist Hua Jin has turned her attention to Dundee, a rural village in southwestern Montérégie that was founded around 1800 by Scottish migrants, who named it after their former home. This photo book explores that tale, from its beginnings to the present day: a visual description of the intimate relationships between inhabitants and the place they call home. With photographs taken in Quebec and Scotland between 2016 and 2019, and through which archival and found objects circulate, Jin investigates a shifting migration that stretches over two hundred years, observing how the influence of lineage, exchange, and transformation impacted subsequent cultural transitions. <em>The Land We Love</em> by Scottish poet Will H. Ogilvie concludes the publication, a tender companion to Jin’s images and an homage to the homeland.



Publisher: VU
Graphic design: Paquebot design
ISBN 978-2-921440-37-0 | $55
22,8 x 28 cm | 148 pages | texts in French and English
Colour photos | hardcover | Indigo printed

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