Programming
Le salon de La chambre de Chiron
As part of La Chambre de Chiron, the Salon, animated by eunice bélidor, will focus on the themes already proposed by the exhibition. With Vie Charles, Nelly Desmarais and Camille Richard, exchanges will take place, notably on mourning, healing and care, but also on other themes such as friendship, radical hospitality, contemporary art movements and domesticity.
arkadi lavoie lachapelle
The project La chambre de Chiron (Chiron's room) treats the domestic diffusion space - of both the work and the body - as the site of an intimate, mythical experience.
Friday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Hochelaga (the exact address will be sent to you after tickets are obtained).
A Salon, in the modernist tradition of the term (think Gertrude Stein here) where artists, audiences, curators and friends can discuss, exchange, let their ideas flow. As part of La Chambre de Chiron, the Salon, moderated by eunice bélidor will focus particularly on the themes already proposed by the exhibition. With Vie Charles, Nelly Desmarais and Camille Richard, exchanges will take place, notably on mourning, healing and care, but also on other themes such as friendship, radical hospitality, contemporary art movements and domesticity. Refreshments will be prepared and served by bélidor throughout the evening.
arkadi lavoie lachapelle
arkadi lavoie lachapelle is an action artist, poet, and teacher who grew up in the country in a middle-class francophone family. They have been practising in Quebec’s metropolis for over ten years. They have a degree in visual and media arts from UQAM (2013) and have since presented their work in many exhibitions and festivals in Canada and Europe, notably in Spain and Germany. As part of their social commitment, they are a member of the Gham & Dafe studios and have been involved in the administration of the VIVA! Art Action festival. lavoie lachapelle has been a finalist for the Prix Pierre-Ayot (AGAC, 2020) and the Sobey Award for the Arts (2023); they have also received the support of their peers as demonstrated by several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Camille Richard
Camille Richard is an independent writer and researcher who divides her time between Tiohtià:ke/Montreal and Wolastokuk/Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. Her research focuses on conceptual and contextual artistic, curatorial and institutional practices that redefine exhibition parameters and develop alternative methodologies for the production and transmission of knowledge. Holder of a master's degree in art history from the Université du Québec à Montréal, her most recent curatorial projects include Nos corps ont leurs raisons qu'il nous faut comprendre (Galerie de l'Université de Montréal, 2021), Champ liminal (Espace parenthèses, Manif d'art 10, 2022), and Fragments (Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, 2022). Since 2021, she has been general and artistic director of Est-Nord-Est.
eunice bélidor
Nelly Desmarais
Nelly Desmarais is a writer and doctoral student in literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she is particularly interested in the links between feminism and urban writing. Her first collection of poems, Marche à voix basse (Le Quartanier, 2022), was awarded the Prix Émile-Nelligan. She lives in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal.
Vie Charles
Vie is an artist born in Quebec to parents of the Haitian diaspora in Tiotià:ke (Montreal). Composition, poetic writing, singing and improvisation are his usual means of expression. He is interested in the links between music, nature and the experience of the sacred. For nearly a decade, They have been involved in a wide range of creative projects.
As a chorister, Vie was lucky enough to take part in two tributes: Denise Boucher and Louise Forestier (2019), then Serge Fiori (2023). Shortly after completing their bachelor's degree at Concordia University in jazz studies (2022), they collaborated with arkadi lavoie lachapelle and Marie- Pier Beauséjour on the performance of Colombarium. Volière. at VOX (Nov. 2023).
Vie lives in the countryside in the town of Saint-Chrysostome, Montérégie.