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WET METAL
BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN 25 QUEBEC CREATORS UNDER THE THEME WET METAL, ÉDITIONS 8888 OFFERS UP A SERIES OF OBJECTS INSPIRED BY QUEBEC COUNTERCULTURE, BRUTALISM, POSTMODERNISM, NOISE, PUNK AND METAL MUSIC WITH A HEATLHY DOSE OF SCI-FI.
FIRST CELL. BLACK, BLACK METAL, FORGED, POURED AND SCOURGED. EFFLUVIA OF RADICAL FREEDOM, QUEB FREAK SCENE AND UNIVERSAL BRUTALISM. NEO-POMO NOISE-POP SCI-FI SALVO. FERAL TATTOO, METAL TEARS. FRACTAL CONVERGENCE AND UNCOUNTED EMBODIMENTS. IRON UNDRESSED, ARMOURED CONCRETE. CRANKED VOLUMES AND TWISTED LOOPS. PERPETUAL RINGS, BROKEN, TOPPLED AND RUINED. PEDAL TO THE METAL.
WET METAL IS ALPER SISTERS, RACHEL BUSSIN, NICK CASTONGUAY, TAT CHAO, DEVON CORMAN, CROUSTILLE, DAVE CUMMINGS, ASHLEY DIABO, CODY DICKERSON, BERNARDINO FEMMINIELLI, JEAN-MICHEL GADOUA, MÉLANIE GARCIA, GAULEY BROTHERS, WILLIAM HB, IBIYANΕ, JEREMY JANSEN, SIMON JOHNS, ALEXANDRE JONCAS POUR STUDIO D’ARMES, ÉLYSE LECLERC, GUILLAUME MÉNARD, FÉLIX MOREL, MEGAN MEREDITH MORRISSETTE, NEW AMERICAN HOUSE, NO NEGATIVE, PLAGIARISM, DAVID RAYMOND, UN REGARD FROID, JOHANNES SCHNATMANN, STUDIO FEED, STUDIO KIFF, TEAMM, JEAN-FRANÇOIS TOUSIGNANT, AND MAUDE VEILLEUX.
THE FIRST COLLECTION AND EXHIBITON BY 8888, WET METAL WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN MONTREAL AT WIP GALLERY, IN NOVEMBER 2020. IT WAS ALSO PRESENTED LATER AT BOON ROOM IN PARIS, DURING PARIS DESIGN WEEK.
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VISUALS
VINCENT CASTONGUAY, PHOTOGRAPHY
DEVON CORMAN, PHOTOGRAPHY
ALEX BLOUIN, PHOTOGRAPHY
ASHLEY DIABO, HAIR & MAKEUP
GÉRALD LAJOIE, STYLIST
CANDY, MODEL
PAUL, MODEL
TEAMM, PRODUCTION
STUDIO FEED, GRAPHIC DESIGN & CONCEPTION