July 4, 2015
Opening : Friday June 5, at 5pm
Residency : from June 6 to 8, 2015
The sensation of flight is at the heart of artist Maryse Arseneault’s project: L’art de s’envoler / Flyer For Flight. Attempts at capturing that feeling are how a trampoline becomes the main object in this interactive installation that invites the viewer to reconnect with their own childhood dreams where gravity was undone through sheer force of will and a good running jump. The gallery is transformed into a laboratory for the senses with a playful workout video, recorded meditation exercise and projected images of animals and people in mid-flight.
Following the opening of L’art de s’envoler […], the artist will explore Sudbury as she distributes miniature flyers (Flyer For Flight) in the city’s cafés and restaurants. She will also lead exercise and meditation activities in the city’s parks. parcs.
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Maryse Arseneault
A tenant of the Aberdeen Cultural Center since her bachelor's degree (Université de Moncton 2006), Arseneault is involved in her community, notably with the Galerie Sans Nom, the Imago printmaking workshop, and the Youth Commission for the Arts in New Brunswick. Twice recipient of an ArtsNB Creation Grant (2007 and 2011), she signs the installation of "Appropriation Sanguine", "Terre Brulée" and "Autres Angoisses" (Louise and Ruben Cohen Art Gallery, 2011; Festival Inter-Celtique de Lorient 2012; Gallery Connexion and Eastern Edge Gallery, 2013) and performative installation with projections "A haircut for the end of the world" (Galerie Sans Nom, 2012).
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