The Senses of the Voice(s): Human-Animal Resonance at Matimekush
Exhibition. Marck Pépin, a doctoral student in anthropology, offers an immersive experience of his ethnographic research site.
Crédit: Marck Pépin
2325 Rue de l'Université, Cité-Universitaire, Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, Québec, Capitale-Nationale, G1V 0A6, Canada
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AUGUST 2026
SEPTEMBER 2026
OCTOBER 2026
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The exhibition begins with a map that invites visitors to put themselves in the shoes of a migrating caribou. It continues with a series of photographs depicting the caribou’s experience of the territory and the disruptions that are transforming it. Sometimes suggested through blurring, sometimes shown without artifice, these transformations take on additional meaning thanks to the words of members of the Matimekush-Lac John community that accompany each image. The visual works engage in a dialogue with a soundscape in which the voices of the Innu, the songs of wildlife, the clatter of human activities, and the rumble of industrial operations overlap. A video lasting about twenty minutes rounds out the exhibition and extends this auditory and visual experience. The exhibition thus invites visitors to reflect on colonial dynamics, territorial dispossession, the erosion of relationships between humans and non-humans, and the knowledge associated with them.
The activity takes place in all weather conditions, unless safety is compromised
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