ABOUT
I am an artist based in Montréal, Canada. I completed a Master's in Social Work from McGill University in Montréal focusing on the intersection between the arts and care. I am particularly interested in how biological data and the senses can be transformed to create artful experiences of empathy and connection.
The Mile End Fairy in Montréal once called me a renconteuse which I think is the perfect word to describe what I do. It blends the words to meet, connect and tell stories together.
My recent projects include Will you Pass the Salt? at the PHI Foundation in Montréal which transforms sounds from 10 households in the city cooking and sharing a meal into a dining room table that evokes the feeling of being at a dinner table with strangers. It touches on social isolation and the process of resocialization associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cost of Entry is a Heartbeat at the Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest that used heartbeat data and thermal bath sounds to create a collective rest environment.
Progression is a real-time immersive multisensory installation that explores the narratives of people living with multiple sclerosis fused with brainwaves and MRI scans.
Konbit Anba Soley, an interactive documentary about a social movement in Cité Soleil, Haiti as well as Moms of Montréal, a multicultural photographic storytelling project offering an intimate view into the recipes and stories of families in Montréal.
Photo: Vjosana Shkurti
GRANTS AND AWARDS
● Canada Council for the Arts : Composite (2022-2024) Explorer et créer (2021, 2019), Cultivate (2016)
● Montreal Arts Council : Soutien aux artistes en situation de handicap (2022)
● Conseil des arts et des Lettres du Québec: Circulation des oeuvres hors du Québec (2022), Développement professionnel (2020), Mesure d'aide à la création et au développement de contenus culturels numériques originaux (2016)
● British Council, Farnham Maltings, Canada Council for the Arts : New Conversations (2021)
● Phi Foundation: Production Residency Laureate(2021) ● ● Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: CGS-M (2019)
● McGill University Social Work: Freda L. Paltiel award for immigrant and minority women’s health (2019)
