Archéologie du vivant

It is through an archaeological approach that we try to reveal the traces of the encounters that lead us to Dans le cœur du héron, this work initially embodied by the presence of Simiuni Nauya, yet to be presented.

In order to share the process instead of the outcome, we take you onto a journey. We offer you a open-air trail, where participants can find, through the clues unveiled gradually as they go forward, the hidden object/artwork. At its core: Simiuni and his own journey towards le cœur du héron.

Sculptor Simiuni Nauya and choreographer Aurélie Pédron met at one of Aurélie’s creation workshops in 2014. Over the next three years, their paths ended up crossing several times, completely by chance. Time has woven their ties. In 2017, Aurélie proposed a two-week series of performative workshops in the country to a dozen participants – Simiuni was there. These workshops were a leap for all, leaving indelible marks inside all of them, and others, more tangible, in the poetic images captured by Robin Pineda-Gould. From these marks emerged Dans le cœur du héron (in the heart of the heron), this unpresented work… In order to pursue this encounter, and to go even further, together, in the heart of what unites them, they try to open new possibilities with L’archéologie du vivant (The Archaeology of the Living).

Ideated by Aurélie Pedron Absent presence Simiuni Nauya Video design and photo Robin Pineda Gould Precious help Guillaume Arseneault

Production Lilith & Cie With the support of Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts et lettre du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada

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