Program

Exploring the presence of the living within the poem itself

Succeeding in inhabiting one's inner house, that little-known body-self discovered over a lifetime by creating a dialogue between visual arts and writing.

Through a dancing chorus of performers and recited poetry, the traces of a burned forest come back to life.

Seth Côté and Mette Ricard, two transdisciplinary artists, are creating Amphibie, a research-creation podcast on queer ecology.

Martin Beauregard and Jonathan Hope explore landscapes and ecologies through writing and installation, navigating the space between human traces and nature.

The Nos mues communes collective explores printmaking and analog photography through ecosensitive, collaborative research rooted in the living world.

Audrée Wilhelmy creates forms where matter, ritual, and language intertwine. Fibers and fragments become talismans to be read by sight and touch.

Antoine Caron and Fenyx Florentiny conduct research on rivers and territories, blending performance and installation around bodies and ecologies.

Summer party: launch of an Art and the Living Manifesto and unveiling of the program for the festival for the rest of the world 2026, hosted by Édith Cochrane.

Nadine Louis and Becky Priebe create Lorbleu, a show blending circus, theater, and clowning, centered on climate, motherhood, and our connection to the living world.

A modern, moving tale, 𝘗𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥’𝘦́𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 explores Quebec roots through the eyes of a man searching for meaning.

Karine Sauvé and Érika Tremblay-Roy create ANIMAL, a rock work-in-progress for ages 2 to 8 blending music, video, and performance around the theme of animality.

Mériol Lehmann and Charles Sagalane explore Sutton through photography, sound, and writing, crossing the paths of the dragonfly and the turkey vulture to reveal alternative perceptions of the living world.

Book club discussion of "The Medicine Wheel: A New Story to Heal the Planet" by Jennifer Grenz. Inspiring reading to come.

Two curators, one shared residency: Jessie Mill and Patrick Moisan explore environments and collective practices.