Simiuni Nauya, an Inuk sculptor and longtime collaborator, initiated this project. He invited Aurélie to create art workshops for members of the First Nations and Inuit communities living in Montréal. The project gives voice to their stories and honors the traditional art objects they created in memory of their loved ones who have passed away.
MEMORIES MAP is an immersive work that mesmerizes and disorients, blurring the boundaries between reality and unreality until the intangible becomes tangible. A true hallucinatory journey, the work invites an exploration of space, both beyond the self and within.
MEMORIES MAP offers a personal experience lived collectively; it brings us together and unites us.
The fragmentation of sonic, luminous, and physical matter is our working method. The convergence of each collaborator’s expertise — Robbie Madsen (ethno-spiritual consultant), Alexandre Burton (digital luthier), Chantal Labonté (lighting design) — is essential to the realization of this project. We work through the weaving together and encounter of each person’s knowledge and expertise.
Crédits
Created in collaboration with:
Billy Amittuk, Inuk sculptor
Alexandre Burton, Digital luthier
Kathy Casey, Dramaturge
Johnny Eyaituk, Inuk sculptor
Michael Grégoire, Indigenous craftsmanship
Seasie Nastapoka, Indigenous craftsmanship
Robbie Madsen, Ethno-spiritual consultation
Simiuni Nauya, Inuk sculptor
Georges Nottaway, Traditional Algonquin art
Chantal Labonté, Lighting design consultant
Aurélie Pedron, Artistic vision and community building
Alex Took Too, Inuk sculptor
Partenaires
CAC, CALQ, CAM, Productions Recto Verso, Montréal Danse, Atelier Tlachiuak