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WATER, REFLECTION AND RESONANCE / CURRENT

Work on the influence of the St. Laurent Quebec identity,

on Quebec's collective memory.

Presentation artist centers Regart and Wagon itinerant art in the North-South project, at the AKI art 4.

Inspired by the heritage and history of Quebec, the work WATER, REFLECTION AND RESONANCE connects the image and the word, place and identity. This work is an artistic presentation of historical and cultural evolution of Quebec society.

Water, reflection and resonance Myriam Lambert from Myriam Lambert we Vimeo.

WATER, AND REFLECTION OF RESONANCE
MYRIAM LAMBERT

Project WATER, REFLECTION AND RESONANCE exposure consists of 12 photographs, along with some texts. I associated current photographs and updating photographs of events that took place in Quebec near the St. Lawrence River, and has been since the beginning of colonization. These images are accompanied by poems composed from contemporary writings the time of Champlain. The aim was to present a reflection on the evolving identities of the Quebec population in connection with the St. Lawrence. This work has two components: the image and word.

Research has been done in the Archives of the City of Quebec and the Quebec National Archives to select photographs and engravings dating from the previous four centuries, depicting life riverside. With these images, I created new works by assigning new textures, a contemporary as well as transforming their colorimetry. These techniques allow me to create a space of representation wondering about Quebec's identity and cultural heritage. I then linked these new images depicting a contemporary event that helps build a sense of belonging to Quebec in connection with the St. Lawrence.

Contextualization of this part of the work on the upper decks of two Quebec-Levis Ferry provides an opportunity for viewers to question the origin of each photograph and offered him food for thought about the evolution of Quebec society.

Also, I have written poems inspired by some writings dating from the time of Champlain. These texts present the river as the foundation of the Quebec identity. The texts of the era, also exposed, are juxtaposed with new ones so that the public can compare the old French and modern French. So I want to mention the importance of the French in America and its survival almost miraculous 400 years.

The venue occupies a big part of my artistic process. Quebec-Levis ferry seemed a suitable choice for broadcast WATER, REFLECTION AND RESONANCE they sail in the heart of the main subject of the exhibition. As part of strengthening the sense of belonging to Quebec, the St. Lawrence played a leading role during colonization. Transport, fishing and supply water were needed for the survival of early settlers. They identified with the St. Lawrence through needs it filled. Now, the needs are filled in different ways, the river system remains indispensable for most Quebecers and Canadians. However, the contact with the river is less direct than it was before. The reasons why people identify with today have been processed and we could speak here of identification with her beauty and activities that surround it. Quebec-Levis ferry are the ideal places to present this demonstration exposure, because after 400 years of history, these boats are the places where the relationship between the river and the citizen is the most direct and poetic.

In collaboration with the Quebec Ferries.

This project is possible thanks to the contribution of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Detail of "Raft River Batiscan" (photography), 1942.
Library and Archives Nationales du Quebec, Ministry of Fond
Evironnement and Wildlife. E57, S44, SS1, PB54-48.

Detail of "Third centenary of Quebec" (copy negative)
[ca 1908]. Archives of the City of Quebec, N00900.



Details of "Ice cream" (photography), 1937.
City Archives of Quebec, N016353.



Detail of "Quebec - The central bay up the river"
(copy negative), 1917. Archives of the City of Quebec, N021505.



Detail of "Quebec - Place d'armes" (negative) [18 -].
Fund Board Planning and Conservation
Archives of Quebec City, N021685.