Catherine Laporte

Circa 2005 #hardrivecleaning

2012-01-10T03:22:00.000-08:00

Food For Thought.

2011-11-16T08:06:00.000-08:00

Buy it here: http://sidlee.bigcartel.com/

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2011

Wu-Tang + Monad

2011-10-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

I met Monad a few days ago in Turkey.
He got me inspired with his awesome Soft Sculpture Masks.
I met my buddy Henry a few months back in Amsterdam.
He asked me to draw some sweet hand moves.

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The Monkeys in London

2011-09-30T06:31:00.001-07:00

Red Bull Headquarters - Amsterdam

2011-08-30T08:40:00.000-07:00

Drawing @ Source Festival in Utrecht

2011-07-07T03:50:00.000-07:00

Other artists:
Stephan Bontje
Iwan Smit
Jelmer Noorderman
Mijke Coebergh

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2011

BLIND SPOTS - London

2011-05-24T04:46:00.000-07:00

Drawing in the blind spots of surveillance cameras with Sid Lee Paris.
***Video here

Other artists:
Yoann Plard
Daniel Abensour
Alexis Taieb

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2011

A scribble around your words - 006

2011-05-10T09:02:00.000-07:00

It's a nice day to start again.

-Billy Idol, White Wedding

A scribble around your words - 005

2011-04-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

A hundred lovers rolled into one
- A hundred lovers, Josep

FOU MAISON EXHIBITION @ MOTEL MOZAÏQUE FESTIVAL

2011-04-11T11:13:00.000-07:00

Motel Mozaïque, is a multi-disciplinary festival in Rotterdam. Now in it’s 11th this year, the 3-day event plays host to a fascinating and organic mix of music, art and performance with exhibitions and installations popping up throughout the city in some surprising locations.

As part of the 3 day event, Stephan Boontje, threw open the doors to his opulent squat in the historic Brenninkmeijers building to host an exhibit entitled Fou Maison.

Over 600 people poured through the doors of Stephan’s house-cum-gallery on the opening night. I exhibited alongside Stephan and local artists Iwan Smit – Daan Botlek – Joost Haas and Richie Lopez.

⫸More photos here
⫸Photos of event here

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2011

Love

2011-03-11T03:46:00.000-08:00

A scribble around your words - 004

2011-02-28T07:14:00.000-08:00

I'm not going down on my knees
-Depeche Mode

A scribble around your words - 003

2011-02-28T04:59:00.000-08:00

So slide over here
And give me a moment
-INXS, Need you Tonight

A scribble around your words - 002

2011-02-03T06:34:00.000-08:00

La laideur de l’homme
c’est la laideur des vêtements.
- Milan Kundera

A scribble around your words - 001

2011-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

I'll forgive and forget
The XX, Crystalized

Go Habs

2010-11-26T10:23:00.001-08:00

Poster - Tamé

2010-11-15T12:56:00.000-08:00

4 photographers were ask to create pictures for 4 of Tamé's jewelry collections. This poster is to announce the exhibition.
(This is the simple version without type.)
All Rights Reserved Tamé and Catherine Laporte 2010

Mashville - My Stencils

2010-11-15T12:43:00.000-08:00

Mashville and Sid Lee Collective are smashing up their skills in a collaborative screen printing spectacular. Team Sid will be busy creating paper masterpieces and Mashville will take it to the next level during live screen printing sessions, cranking out the prints while adding their own colorful layer in the process. The result will be a surprising sync of creative energy, passed back and forth, altered and evolved with each step.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2010

Oh

2010-09-30T19:37:00.000-07:00

Stella's room

2010-07-16T06:38:00.000-07:00

Auntie TAMÉ & Auntie CLAP made you a pretty room little Stella.

All Rights Reserved Tamé and Catherine Laporte 2010

Skinjackin 2

2010-06-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

SKINJACKIN la MAIN STREET
Montreal (Juin 2010)
PIRATES : Lilite + Julie Delporte + Lvcile + Cath Laporte + Cookie Cul + Fred D
PHOTOS : Morgane Renou

Skinjackin

2010-06-21T08:08:00.000-07:00

Pour le lancement du site TONTON.COM, la Skinjackin Team de MTL a envahit le Laika sur St Laurent pour peindre des petits .COM sur vos jolis corps d'internautes !

PIRATES : Lilite + Cookie Klak + Fred D + Cath Laporte
PHOTOS by : Morgane Renou

To learn more about Skinjackin

Yay

2010-06-15T13:49:00.000-07:00

To see more of Speculative Peculiars

BP's Explosive Diarrhea

2010-05-11T13:22:00.001-07:00

On April 20, 2010, an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig leased by the oil company BP, set off a blaze that killed 11 crew members. Two days later, it sank about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast and crude oil began streaming out of a broken pipe attached to a well that the rig had been drilling nearly a mile below sea level. Attempts to shut down the flow, at first estimated that at about 42,000 gallons of oil a day, failed when a safety device called a blowout preventer could not be activated. On April 28, government officials said the oil was leaking at a rate five times greater than the initial estimates. As BP and federal officials scrambled for solutions, oil closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast and drifted toward the shores of Alabama and Florida. On May 2, President Obama visited the scene of what he called a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster."
source: NY times

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2010

Without bound or end

2010-04-20T06:38:00.001-07:00

I was drawing a logo for my new website (it's not online yet) and it made me think of something even more fun to do with it.
I believe that there is no start or end. Just a strong movement that guides you through life. You need to fight it, play with it or just follow it... and sometimes it can also bring you pretty crazy surprises.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2010

How to explain my sudden disappearance from the interweb.

2010-03-30T06:26:00.001-07:00

For the past 3 months, I've been travelling,chatrouletting,
sending love-photobooth-post-it

and playing with nail polish.
Oh... and I've been working tons.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2010

Creative Review February issue

2010-01-19T04:18:00.000-08:00

The February issue hits the newsstands and subscribers' doormats this week - with a cover designed by Montreal, Paris and Amsterdam-based creative agency, Sid Lee...

Art Direction: Catherine Laporte, Marie-Elaine Benoit
Handwritten type: Catherine Laporte
Face drawings: Marie-Elaine Benoit
Photo: Corinne Fortier

CLAP&TAMÉ at Montréal High Lightsights Festival // La Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night)

2010-01-18T13:36:00.000-08:00

I will be doing some live drawing & much more... with Amelie Roy on Febuary 27 at 11h00 pm at the Canadian Center for Architecture.

During the seventh edition of Nuit Blanche in Montreal, part of the Montreal High Lights Festival, A&D Montreal will be presenting projects at the Canadian Center for Architecture and the W Hotel.
(more details to come)

photo: Robert Desroches
Arts & design Montréal
All Rights Reserved Amelie Roy, Catherine Laporte, Robert Desroches 2010

Hello World Wide Web

2010-01-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

In 2010, we're gonna make it beautiful.
Let's brighten our sky.
Let's create pretty pixels you and me.

Oh and... thanxs for looking.
Sharing pixels with you is always fun.
Let's share.

CLAP on VIMEO

2009-11-15T06:18:00.000-08:00

To see moving stuff I do...
Click here.
Yay.
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

Sweet trick Dear Albert

2009-11-15T06:14:00.000-08:00

Outside is pure energy and colorless substance, all of the rest happens through the mechanism of our senses. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings.
-ALBERT Hofmann

Parrot Porn or Drawing with Alvaro is fun

2009-11-11T10:36:00.000-08:00

Alvaro's stuff here
crédit photo: Corinne Fortier
All Rights Reserved Alvaro Perez Del Solar, Catherine Laporte 2009

Painting - SID LEE Day 2009

2009-11-06T13:54:00.000-08:00

crédit photos: Corinne Fortier
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

CLAP in FRAME

2009-10-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

FRAME

Yay

2009-10-19T15:52:00.001-07:00

To see more images of this project.

Speculative Peculiars

2009-10-06T08:15:00.000-07:00

What is Speculative Peculiars?
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

Moving stuff & drawing live at A&D

2009-09-14T08:19:00.000-07:00

To see clips of my work on VIMEO click here...

Arts & design Montréal
En collaboration avec le SWAMP

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

I lick music

2009-08-30T18:20:00.001-07:00

Phil's office

2009-08-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

My boss and Gary Vaynerchuk! My boss asked me to draw in his office during working hours.
(yay)

Photos, Corinne Fortier
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

In the marvelous world of image making, a lot of the work you do never gets publish - 001

2009-08-04T18:09:00.000-07:00

What if the only live music existing on earth was by the New Kids on the Block.

2009-07-02T10:12:00.000-07:00

Illustration for L'Ouïe magazine, evening itinerary
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

Talking mirrors, Sid Lee Paris

2009-05-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

Drawing on walls, Sid Lee Paris

2009-05-22T11:55:00.000-07:00

Business Cards for my favorite massage therapist

2009-03-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

Parce que le réchauffement planétaire ça saoule.

2009-03-23T13:05:00.000-07:00

2009-03-06T10:22:00.000-08:00

2009-02-25T14:32:00.000-08:00

I'm ready for some monkey business

2009-02-19T12:38:00.001-08:00

Le Collectif LEG présente : Expo de VinylToys

2009-01-18T17:45:00.000-08:00

Une exposition en association avec la Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec. Les VinylToys seront en vente lors du vernissage dans un encan silencieux.

Photos by Jimmi Francoeur
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2009

Are we Russian Dolls?

2008-12-16T13:53:00.001-08:00

Drawing with cheap wine

2008-12-16T13:45:00.001-08:00

Broken heart Superheros

2008-12-16T11:17:00.001-08:00

FOLDER BOOKS - draft

2008-11-10T14:10:00.001-08:00

It's a first draft, more are to come.
Download here.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2008

Dirty scan #1

2008-10-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

«The best looking boys are taken»

«The best looking girls are staying inside»

«So judy, where does that leave you?

Walking the street from morning to night
With a star upon your shoulder
lighting up the path that you walk»

lyrics
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Judy & The Dream of Horses

First draft - Morning Fucking Wood

2008-10-09T17:57:00.001-07:00

Sid Lee Collective t-shirt

2008-10-08T15:04:00.000-07:00

2008-09-17T11:10:00.000-07:00

Sometimes #2

2008-09-16T10:39:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you draw stuff and see it years later.

Rock face, Nunavik northern Québec

Sometimes #1

2008-09-15T16:59:00.000-07:00

Drawing with Tamé is fun

2008-09-10T18:09:00.000-07:00

2008-07-25T13:20:00.001-07:00

Animation stuff #2

2008-07-25T06:59:00.000-07:00

Animation stuff #1

2008-07-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

2008-05-26T16:34:00.001-07:00

Adaptation

2008-05-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

See the "living picture" here...

ADAPTATION
Life means adapting to the changes that we are subjected at each moment. To go forward, we take each new step forward carefully, like tightrope walkers. We are all looking for our centre of balance; everything else revolves around it. At times, we may resist moving forward, but remaining immobile means accepting only the illusion of being near our centre of stability. If we resist change, we regress, we cease to exist. Harmony is not found by stopping, it is found by moving in rhythm to the changes in our lives.

GLOBOLOGOS MANIFESTO
GLOBOLOGOS is an oasis for free-roaming ideas, a gathering place where participants are invited to join a collective effort to build “ durable creativity” that goes beyond the discourse of consumerism. We live in an age of rapid growth for thinkers and philosophers. As ideas are pushed beyond their natural sphere, there is a need to rediscover their primary essence, and this innovative project transforms ideas back into fertile creative sparks. GLOBOLOGOS sets out to be a unifying force that brings together theories about the deeper meaning of life. As a tribute to the work of Jacques Languirand, this Web space features a range of concepts which were inspired by the philosopher’s 35 years of archives and documents, adapted by Jean-François Alain. The concepts are presented in the site to provoke debate. Moreover, since human interaction is integral to inspiration, the project will head to different events, such as Earth Day, where visitors will be ushered into an anti-boredom shelter – a veritable biosphere for cultivating curiosity. In these polarizing locations where expression is not bound by images or verbs, the elastic potential of the Internet will jump-start visitors’ imaginations. Aboard Jacques’ cosmic universe, visitors will travel through a virtual space and discover a landscape populated by 20 philosophical spheres. And this is merely the dawn of a forgotten consciousness…
globologos.com

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte et Rosalie Pepin 2008

2008-05-07T17:11:00.001-07:00

Drunk coasters - Soûl-verres

2008-04-10T13:42:00.001-07:00

Moleskine #1

2008-02-25T09:44:00.000-08:00

Paper works

2008-02-25T09:05:00.000-08:00

Projet Hop

Gift wrapping with a conscience

2007-11-26T10:27:00.000-08:00

Montreal eco-design firm POSCH (www.posch.ca) has now launched the BIOTA collection of reusable, silk gift wrapping, ready for the 2007 holiday season.

Created in collaboration with four Montreal graphic designers, BIOTA gift wrappings are silk squares, hand printed with limited edition serigraphs. Each BIOTA silk is illustrated with an endangered species; the beluga, Atlantic walrus and wapiti are among the species featured in the collection’s four concepts.

Why endangered species? In 1986, a new word was invented to describe the richness of species living on the earth: biodiversity. Unfortunately, the number of plant and animal species on earth is shrinking at an astonishing rate. In Canada alone, more than 400 animal & plant species are vulnerable, of which more than 30 are en route to extinction.

Directly inspired by the Japanese tradition of Furoshiki, each BIOTA gift wrapping is:

Reusable, meant to be given and recycled
Recycled silk, chosen with care
Stylish gift wrapping that can be converted into an accessory
Unique, a work of art that is locally conceived and produced

BUY IT at :
http://boutique.posch.ca

READ THE ARTICLES :
http://www.smartplanet.com
blog.bientotdemain.com
http://www.grafika.com
http://www.inhabitat.com
http://www.weddingbells.ca
http://www.ethiquette.ca

Photography : Jimmi Francoeur
All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2007

Reasonable accommodation

2007-11-23T12:09:00.000-08:00

Reasonable accommodation is a legal term used in Canada to refer to the legal obligation to modify a law or a norm when it is contrary to fundamental rights stipulated in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This concept is, according to the Supreme Court of Canada, a logical consequence of the Charter itself. The term is currently used in the public debate in various meanings involving minority rights.
source : wikipedia

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2007

2007-11-23T12:06:00.000-08:00

PACKAGING : Bistro Mundo

2007-11-23T11:55:00.000-08:00

2007-11-23T11:46:00.001-08:00

Even more ruminations of a tired bird

2007-11-23T11:38:00.001-08:00

Sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and experience a sudden epiphanic shift in perception, a momentary glimpse of self-awareness, as if the planets in your mind had, at last, come into perfect alignment to reveal your inner truth […] -Étienne Després

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2005

Filling the empty space contitutes my identity?

2007-11-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

2007-11-22T15:16:00.001-08:00

JOURNÉE DE CUL
C’était une de ces journées où le ciel n’a plus de couleur, où le froid blanchit les joues et où le temps semble avancer comme un veillard de 150 ans. J’acceptais avec un plaisir difficile à contenir la mollesse de mon corps qui refusait catégoriquement de se mouvoir. Durant ces instants, mon corps n’accepte que le confort d’un lit bien chaud ou d’un fauteuil bien douillet. Dans le cas échéant, Bob interrompt lui aussi tout mouvement et se prélasse allègrement.

Bob est à la fois opérateur de notre matière grise et p.d.g. des facultés mentales et intellectuelles. Nous lui devons beaucoup, car le cerveau est une structure plutôt complexe et difficile à gérer; ces cent milliards de neurones bombardent de signaux des milliers d’autres cellules à une vitesse frôlant les 350 km/h.

Bob et moi partagions cette journée végétative avec Porto, un chien sauciflard qui, lui aussi, avait le cul amollit cette journée-là. Mais pour un saucisson de cette espèce, c’est une situation acceptable.

Plus les heures passaient, plus mon corps fondait dans mon fauteuil couleur ennui et plus j’oubliais que mes membres pouvaient jadis bouger. Se mouvoir est à la base de la vie; c’est en mettant un pied devant l’autre que nous nous retrouvons engagé sur la route, parfois n’ayant aucune finalité en tête, mais simplement parce qu’il faut bouger, parce qu’il faut s’ouvrir à la vie. Conséquemment, certains se laissent guider par le hasard, d’autres par les signes, et pour le reste, par le destin ou par un Dieu, ainsi soit-il.

Indifférent à mon inertie, l’après-midi passa plutôt rapidement. Le soleil commençait à se coucher lorsque je décidai de me mouvoir, ou plutôt, Porto décida que j’allais bouger. Un sentiment de non-accomplissement m’envahissait alors. Malgré sa profonde stagnance, Porto avait manifesté un intérêt marqué pour la porte d’entrée, ne pouvant plus contenir sa minuscule vessie de saucisson.

Postérieurement à la levée de mon séant du canapé, j’éprouvais une sensation de lourdeur dans l’arrière-train et malgré l’étourdissement qui m’assaillait, je profitais de cet instant. Je descendis les escaliers, non sans quelques difficultés, Porto s’efforçant de tirer mon corps endormi jusqu’au parc. L’air glacial, rafraîchissait mon cerveau et par la même occasion, réveilla Bob qui réitéra immédiatement ses fonctions. Il se mit alors à faire des aller-retour frénétiques afin de rattraper le temps perdu, j’en avais la tête qui voulait éclater.

D’un pas à l’autre, mon cul se faisait de plus en plus lourd jusqu’au moment où je me sentis tomber à la renverse. Je m’étais affaissée sur un banc de neige durci par le froid. J’essayai de retrouver ma verticalité, mais sans réel succès. Je restai ainsi comme une baleine échouée jusqu’à ce que mon arrière-train soit transi à souhait. Bob commençait sérieusement à s’affoler. Porto quant à lui profita de la confusion générale et d’un arbre à proximité pour s’activer discrètement, donnant ainsi un sens à sa visite.

J’entendis soudain des pas, j’en fus plus que soulagée. Un homme fit halte près de moi. S’était un tout petit bout d’homme d’une allure plutôt sympathique. Il me regarda en soupirant profondément et se mit immédiatement à faire le diagnostic de mon état sans même faire les présentations d’usage et surtout, sans m’aider à me redresser.

« Symptôme un : gonflement exagéré de l’arrière-train
Le postérieur de quelqu’un renferme un trésor, si nous pouvons le nommer ainsi, il emmagasine toutes les non-actions de cet individu. Une non-action étant un instant de notre vie où l’inertie endort notre corps et notre esprit jusqu’à l’état végétatif absolu. Cela est donc extrêmement dangereux, car les non-actions que renferment notre cul sont inversement proportionnelles à notre conscience. Conséquemment, cette nonchalance mène plus souvent qu’autrement à notre perte.

Symptôme deux : stagnance de Bob
Le syndrome du séant flasque n’est pas seulement physique, il peut en effet agir plus sournoisement, et ce, en s’attaquant directement au cerveau. Bob réduit alors toutes ses activités physiques au minimum, il cesse toute remise en question par rapport à lui-même, aux autres, à la vie, à la mort et autres sujets passionnants.

Symptôme trois : virtualisation de l’existence de la personne atteinte
Ce troisième symptôme apparaît au bout d’un certain temps, généralement après la tendre enfance où lorsque nos parents décident que notre existence n’est pas seulement un immense jeu de société, mais qu’il faut bien se laver entre les orteils et surtout, que le père Noël n’existe pas. Ce symptôme se manifeste principalement par la projection de notre vie dans des écrans cathodiques géants ou par le clavardage frénétique. Cet excès de virtualité entraîne une décoloration de l’épiderme jusqu’à l’obtention d’un blanc diaphane, une absence dans le regard et dans les pires cas, une haleine de renfermé. »

L’homme arrêta soudainement de parler et me fit rouler sur l’abdomen. À ce point, Bob démissionna de ses fonctions et Porto commença à avoir une teinte de saucisson frigorifié. Avec précaution, l’homme déposa sur mon cul un truc bizarre qui se mit alors à aspirer vivement je ne sais quoi de je ne sais où, la sensation était tout de même agréable. S’en suivit un soulagement quasi jouissif. L’ouvrage terminé, il me releva gentiment, me souffla quelques mots à l’oreille, me sourit puis poursuivit sa route.

Je levai les yeux, un spectacle incroyable m’attendait ! Près de moi, dans l’arbre, mes non-actions suspendues, tels des cadavres, comme si elles s’étaient envolées par magie de mon cul. J’en étais bouche bée. Depuis ce temps, je propose aux gens qui marchent avec lourdeur d’aller faire un tour au parc.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte

Alice

2007-11-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

Entirely printed on carbon paper, this book overviews alice’s journey between the hospital and the cemetery. On the darker side, illustrations and copy are voluntarily hand erased to make it impossible for people to read. On the lighter side, i’ve integrated pictures i took at a funeral home and scanned pictures from alice’s photo albums.

All Rights Reserved Catherine Laporte 2005

A Palimpsest to celebrate Montréal, UNESCO City of Design.

2007-11-22T13:47:00.001-08:00

After superimposing images of some rather important symbols of Montréal’s history (church clocks, Expo 67, 1976 Olympic Games, etc.), I placed a blank piece of paper over them, giving way to a new creation. This modern-day palimpsest—a work whose present state can bring the past back to life—pays tribute to a city of design with a rich history and an exciting future on the horizon.

Montréal, the city of one hundred steeples

Montréal’s subway

Montréal’s Expo 67

Montréal, a multicultural city

Montréal you can wear

Pollination

2007-11-22T13:26:00.000-08:00