Her latest film, Hobo, focuses on the clandestine travelers who went from town to town on freight trains in search of seasonal work. They invented a script, the hobo code, a few traces of which are still legible, informing other itinerants about the particularities of a place. The video unfolds in five parts, identified not by titles but by hobo signs. This term and the use of soliloquies become a metaphor for a visual digression pointing to a reflection on migration and current nomadism. It would be a word of silence delivered while crossing forbidden places. The unfolding rhythm is more photographic than cinematic. The shots are often very slow, requiring lengthy observation. Everything was filmed in existing or demolished spaces since the visual recordings, but above all in forbidden spaces.

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The special setting of the Matapédia train station seems a fitting backdrop for this film, given the poetry emanating from the ever-present rails. What's more, one section of the video was filmed on the Interprovincial Bridge, a stone's throw from the railway building. As part of the Résidences Québec-Acadie 2024-2025, which is being held in collaboration with New Brunswick institutions, the presentation of Hobo reinforces the link between the two provinces.  

 

The presentation will run from May 15 to August 31, 2025, in a space dedicated to film presentation, the Garage de la Gare de Matapédia. A opening will be held, and the visiting hours are Thursday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

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​Jocelyne Alloucherie lives and works in Montreal. Through complex configurations, her work conceptually and poetically explores notions of image, object and place. The artist has created numerous installations that combine sculptural, architectural and photographic elements. A number of permanent works, conceived for public spaces, demonstrate the same preoccupations. Jocelyne Alloucherie's career has been recognized by a number of awards, including the Martin Lynch Stanton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts in 1989, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) in 1997, the Prix Louis Hébert from the Société Saint Jean-Baptiste de Montréal in 1999, the Governor General's Award in Media Arts from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2000, the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas in 2002, and the Prix Jean-Paul Riopelle in 2007, from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec. Her work has been exhibited in major institutions in Canada, Europe and Japan. The exhibition Présence en juillet 2022 presented her work in Rivière-Madeleine, in the upper Gaspé Peninsula. Her work continues to be recognized for its aesthetic and intellectual richness.