MOONIYANG by Caroline Monnet

Mooniyang by Caroline Monnet on the President Kennedy Pavilion, 2019

Production type
  • Video projection
Installation date
October 9th, 2019
Using geometric shapes inspired by traditional Anishinaabe patterns, the territory is divided, reassembled and fragmented in a dynamic series of motions.

The ages-old patterns are related to long-suppressed Indigenous knowledge. They represent unknown lands, invisible boundaries and transitional spaces.

Created by Caroline Monnet

Caroline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist. Originally from the Outaouais region, she is now based in Montreal. After studying sociology and communications at the University of Ottawa and the University of Grenada (Spain), she launched a prolific film and visual arts career. Her short films have earned numerous nominations and awards at festivals around the world. In visual arts, she has exhibited her work in both solo and group shows, including at the Whitney Museum Biennale (New York), Arsenal art contemporain Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

 

Credits

Concept and production : Caroline Monnet
Animation : Frances Adair McKenzie

Produced by the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership.

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