Pépinière numérique (Digital Greenhouse)
As part of a CALQ-supported residency, multidisciplinary artist Courtney Clinton is developing Pépinière numérique, a series of sculptures created using 3D modeling and digital fabrication tools available at the library’s digital lab. The project explores how plants can reflect layered cultural meanings and personal narratives.
One central piece—a large-scale sculpture of a sumac flower—examines the plant’s dual identity: treasured in Iran as a culinary spice, dismissed in Quebec as a common weed. Clinton draws from modernist sculpture and overlays the form with a geometric motif inspired by the Dome of Hafez in Shiraz, opening a dialogue around cultural symbolism, appropriation, and colonial history.
The public is invited to meet the artist on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. at the library. The residency will culminate in a final exhibition on-site in summer 2025.
This project is supported by the Montérégie-Est Territorial Partnership Program and Culture Montérégie.
Du nouveau via l’ancien
Du nouveau via l’ancien is the result of a research and creation project based around the B.J. Hébert Studio archive held at the Saint-Hyacinthe Historic Society. Presented in the chapel of the monastery of the Sœurs Adoratrices du Précieux-Sang, in Saint-Hyacinthe, this video mapping projection is inspired by its context – the mural art of the chapel. A collage of images taken from the B.J. Hébert collection and illustrations inspired by my research were projected onto the ceiling of the chapel in the form of a digital fresco. With this mural, I explore ideas around the themes of technology and creativity.
Post-Monumental
Post-Monumental explores themes of peace and conflict through the shared histories evoked by monuments. The project is made up of three parts: a series of postcards, a mail art performance and a gallery installation presented at the BBAM! Gallery (December 3, 2022, to January 13, 2023).
The Rokeby Distance Drawing Course
As Artist and Residence at the Rokeby Museum, I developed a new series of work that explores, activates, and shares the letters from a 19th century drawing course and the artistic journey of its student – a young woman who went on to become a pioneering female illustrator.
