To kick off its 40th anniversary celebrations, AXENÉO7 is presenting XL, an exhibition showcasing the work of artists from the Outaouais and Ottawa regions. For this unprecedented exhibition, the centre will offer a wide range of works and practices from the visual arts to performance art, in locations that go beyond the exhibition rooms, to infiltrate other fortuitous places within the centre.

During the months of June and July 2023, AXENÉO7 will revisit the group exhibition exercise, a concept it has put on the back burner over recent years, but to which it wishes to slowly return. For 2023, on the occasion of the centre's fortieth anniversary, foregrounding plurality makes a lot of sense. But commonality is not the only intention. With its summer exhibition, the centre aims to pair practices from different horizons and across generations, without naming them, to bring them together in a transversal whole.

XL seeks to bring visibility and recognition to local practices, while building bridges between the various riverside communities. With this exhibition, AXENÉO7 hopes to reiterate the centre's sense of belonging to its community, both as a host and a friend. With XL, the centre is celebrating regional identity and the vitality of local artists. This gesture of inscribing the exhibition in the collective memory of a region it holds dear, will be like a legacy from the centre to the Outaouais.