Marc Losier’s Profile

THE AFTERIMAGE By Marc Losier: 13Oct; This series refers to my own re-appropriations of iconic images from the past that have left an indelible mark on cultural memory. I render these moments as Afterimages. In this case, a series of six cyanotypes is part of a larger body of research exploring the relationship between early photographic sciences, race, masculinity, and the representation of African-American athletes during the 20th century. The connections are traced through prizefighting lore...; Tags: African American, Blueprint, Boxing, Cassius, Cyanotype, Documentary, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Race, science, Sport

Marc Losier is a practicing artist, writer and researcher from Toronto. Before beginning his MFA at Ryerson University in Documentary Media, he worked as a journalist and photographer in Montreal. His work addresses the representation of bodies, masculinity, race, and cultural histories through numerous media and installations.

MARC LOSIER

b. 1979

Currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

EDUCATION

Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario

MFA, Documentary Media, June 2010
with Distinction

BFA, New Media, May 2002

Thesis Research: Race, masculinity, science, photography and athletics in early 20th century United States.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dec 09 – March 10
PUBLICATIONS INTERNSHIP
THE POWER PLANT Contemporary Art Gallery

Assisting Senior Curator Helena Reckitt and Assistant Curator Jon Davies in researching, writing, and coordinating for upcoming exhibitions and publications.

Leading a Sunday Scene on January 31, 2010, on the exhibition ‘Nothing to Declare’ – current sculpture in Canada.

MAR 05 – AUG 07
FREELANCE WRITER/PHOTOJOURNALIST

Published in
Concordia Journal - Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
McGill Reporter - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Montreal Gazette - Photographs for International Business Competition

Subject matter
Fine Arts, Communication Studies, Cinema

ARTWORK AND EXHIBITIONS

June 2010
Defending Champions: The African-American Athletic Legacy and the Anthropometric Playing Field
Installation works with Cyanotype, Platinotype, and News Dioramas.
DOC/now MFA Thesis Exhibition Festival, 80 Spadina Avenue, Toronto.
www.docnow.ca

November 2009
Foucault en Valise
XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, November 2009

Multimedia Installation dedicated to the research of Michel Foucault.
Original postcards and stamps, microscope and slides, rotary telephone, pictorico negatives, light box, and suitcase.

October 2009
Afterimage #6 – Ali vs. Williams, 1966.
Multimedia Projection/Installation
Nuit Blanche 2009
Crossfit Gym, 20 Gladstone Ave., Toronto

The piece combines the famous boxing match’s original broadcast audio, Neil Leifer’s iconic photograph, and my own reproduction of it, printed in cyanotype. The images trade spaces, dissolving back and forth for the duration of the broadcast.

April 2009
In this Corner
Archival document examining the legacies and cultural impact of African- American boxers Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali.
Cyanotype prints, pictorico, transparency, Mylar, in archival enclosure.

December 2008
Do you believe in Jesse Owens?
Multimedia Installation
Archival footage from Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia, Rotary Telephone, video, MAX MSP, and digital photography. Exhibited in Rogers Communications facility at Ryerson University.

May 2008
Awake
Photo essay
Contact Photography Festival, Toronto School of Art gallery
Detailing the aftermath of the Queen West fire in February 2008.

PUBLICATIONS

SWITCH
A Biannual Magazine published by The Power Plant
Image Research credit - ISSUE O3, SPRING 2010

FUNCTION Magazine
Annual publication by The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Volume 11.
Portfolio: ‘The Afterimage’, p.54-57

VOLUME
XPACE Cultural Centre annual anthology, Spring/Summer 2010
'Foucault-en-valise' exhibition, p.42-43

GRADUATE PAPERS

Summer 2010
Defending Champions: The African-American Athletic Legacy and the Anthropometric Playing Field (Thesis)

April 2009
Documentary Paradox: How Art inhabits Contemporary Documentarians in the Representation of Postmemory Trauma

December 2008
Incorruptible Form: Eadweard Muybridge and Gerhard Richter

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Ryerson Graduate Award, Ryerson University, October 2008
Ryerson Graduate Scholarship, Ryerson University, September 2009

INVITED CRITIC

11.03.2010
OCAD
Environmental Design Research Lab: Colour and Form - Instructor S.G. Richard