<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Since 2016, we at VU have been working on <em>La fête</em>, a collaborative and multidisciplinary publication project that explores the transformative potential of celebration in our interactions with people and spaces. Conceptualized by Jean-François Prost over the course of research in Québec and Brazil, the book brings numerous people and situations together within an imaginary, heterogenous, and undisciplined universe.</p>
<p class=""><em>La fête</em> includes photographs and sounds from about fifty contributors working with various sources and contexts. As such, the book itself is a space of coming together and expression where we can claim the right to celebration, to the night, to the city. Authors Hélène Matte, Adriana de Oliveira and Bernard Schutze were invited to contribute reflections on censorship and control of celebration, as well as on the acts of resistance and emancipation it catalyzes.</p>
<p class="">The sound component of the project was produced in collaboration with Avatar.</p>
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<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><em>La fête</em> will be released in November 2020. A presale is coming soon!</strong></span></p>
<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Launches are planned for Québec City and Montréal. Dates and venues TBA soon!</p>
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