Seripop refers to the art duo Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau, who have collaborated on album covers, prints, book illustrations, and installations.123 The name Seripop is short for Serigraphie Populaire, French for "Popular Screenprinting".2 Seripop was long based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.1 In 2024, Lum and Desranleau moved to Edmonton, Alberta to begin teaching at the University of Alberta.4
Biographies
Lum and Desranleau met in the underground noise music scene of Montreal, eventually forming their first band Electric End. They began making their hand-printed posters as a way to attract people to their shows,2 but then eventually dropped out of art school in the early 2000s to make tour posters for six bands' entire tours, resulting in 25 to 45 posters for each band.1 Both are graduates of Montreal's Concordia University.1 The two are also members of noise rock quartet, AIDS Wolf,5 which has since stopped playing shows.2
Exhibitions
What Do Stones Smell Like in the Forest? – Latitude 53, Edmonton, Canada6
MAC Collection: Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau – Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada. Curator: Marie-Eve Beaupré.7
The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements) at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau2
Certainty: Two Times Not Really at Struts Gallery3
Awards
They won the 2007 Juno Award for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year for designing the cover of The Looks album by MSTRKRFT.
References
References
- Lauren Viera (April 2, 2004). "Seripop's art exists in rock 'n' roll posters". Chicago Tribune.
- Jax, Kristel (June 22, 2015). "Seripop's Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau on Garbage, Grants, and Life After AIDS Wolf". Vice. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- danieljoyce. "Seripop Blows Up Print & Process in Sackville". Canadian Art. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Collins, Leah (October 24, 2024). "These artists make videos that are sincere, funny and totally Canadian. Why aren't they ever shown together?". CBC Arts. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- Adams, Gregory (November 19, 2008). "AIDS Wolf makes sick sounds Archived March 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine", The Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- "Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau | What Do Stones Smell Like in the Forest?". Latitude 53. September 6, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- "Review: Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau in Montreal". Canadian Art. Retrieved June 26, 2020.