Je me souviendrai/I will remember is an anthology that packs a serious punch. It’s a resounding cry out loud from journalists, cartoonists, illustrators, photographers and authors from many different backgrounds who wanted to tell the story of the 2012 student protests in Quebec, better known as the Maple Spring.
Initiated by “Soulman” André Kadi, a cartoonist from Quebec, Je me souviendrai came together while large student protests were underway and negotiations between student unions and the Quebec government had broken off.
Fred was one of the first artists approached to participate in the project that was eventually printed by La Boîte à bulles, a publishing house based in France.
Put together in two weeks, this 250 page book illustrates how these student protests became a social movement in Quebec. Fred illustrated about thirty pages, two dozen of which helped portray N’a Plus Sommeil Qui Veut, a text written by his friend and author, Simon Brousseau. All royalties were given to Amnesty International as well as one of Quebec`s biggest student unions, l’ASSÉ (Association pour une solidarity syndicale étudiante).
Fred believes the Maple Spring was to Quebec what the Paris riots of May 1968 were to France and, hence, the importance to document it.
Je me souviendrai / I will remember
Éditor : La boîte à bulles
Collection : contre-coeur
Release date : 20 Août 2012
Format : 16.5 x 24 cm
Cover : Souple
Pages number : 265
ISBN : 978-2849531600
Author : collectif
credits
Photos: Anthony Jourdain, Catherine Côté, Fred Jourdain, Martin Poulin, Martin Côté
Translation from french : Peter Tardif
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credits
Photos: Anthony Jourdain, Catherine Côté, Fred Jourdain, Martin Poulin, Martin Côté
Translation from french : Peter Tardif
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