Amik(waa)

Video Pool presents Amik(waa)
An installation by Caroline Monnet
September 5 – 27, 2014

In association with the exhibition In Celebration of Women’s Art presented by Gurevich Fine Art in recognition of MAWA’s 30^th Anniversary

Opening: Friday, September 5, 2014 – 7pm
Gurevich Fine Art
200 – 62 Albert St.

Caroline Monnet – Artist Talk
Saturday, September 6 – 1pm
Gurevich Fine Art
200-62 Albert St.

About Amik(waa):
Caroline Monnet’s multimedia installation Amik(waa), investigates the connections between the inherent knowledge of Monnet’s Algonquin ancestry — the Beaver Clan — and the natural world. Monnet’s sacred eight pointed geometric and mirrored installation echoes the ceremonial lodge of her ancestors, sharpening our visual and metaphysical conditions that allow us to view the past, the present and the future as a mirrored and personally reflective surface. With the inclusion of an audible soundscape, the installation invites all our senses to partake in an experience that spans across generations and cultures, and connects the beaver to the knowledge she holds sacred. Amik(waa)‘s sound is developed in collaboration with the artist Christian Richer.

About Caroline Monnet:
Caroline Monnet (1985) is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist of Algonquin ancestry from Outaouais, Québec. Her work demonstrates a keen interest in communicating complex ideas around Indigenous identity and bicultural living through the examination of cultural histories. Monnet has exhibited in Canada and internationally in such venues as the Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and Haus der Kulturen (Berlin) for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Toronto International Film Festival, Aesthetica (UK), Cannes film festival (not short on talent), Montréal Museum of Contemporary Arts (Montréal) and Arsenal (Montréal). Monnet lives in Montréal and is also a founding member of the Aboriginal digital arts collective ITWÉ.

Learn more about Caroline Monnet at her website.