Vernissage: January 29, 2025 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Exhibition: January 29 to March 23, 2025
Ground is the bottom of anything – Le sol est le fond de tout takes as its starting point the notion of the elemental loop, examining geological, historical and personal narratives to trace the legacy of elements extracted from the ground and, ultimately, those that return to it. Toxicity and contamination are not immediately perceptible; these forms of environmental violence, which occur more slowly, are often invisible and acquitted by justice. These haunting issues require new ways of thinking if they are to be noticed.
Can the human imagination – and by extension art – be useful in thinking about alternative futures and other ways of being in the world?
In a multidisciplinary installation where anamorphic fountains herald an aquatic future, ice faces echo the myth of Narcissus and ceramic gargoyles evoke the radioactive chain of uranium, reflections on the ecological crisis and environmental violence emerge.
In recent years, her research has focused on the dangerousness of nuclear residues, mourning, the permanent haunting of militarism and the violence imposed on nature – the perceptible as well as the imperceptible. The artist’s work interweaves politics and poetry, reflecting on the impact of brutal systems of power and domination on the environment.
(Text by Janie Lapierre)
Ground is the bottom of everything – Le sol est le fond de tout is presented as part of Plein solo, a series of six solo exhibitions brought to you by artch in collaboration with Atelier Silex, l’Écart, Centre SAGAMIE, Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Musée régional de Rimouski, and Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, offering six emerging artists their first solo exhibition. For the complete exhibition program, visit www.artch.org.
