Inspired by ecofeminism, Véronique Doucet's artistic practice reveals the power relations that shape bodies and territories. In particular, the artist uses the concept of body-territory to relate gender violence to the domination of nature by man. She explores creative processes marked by slowness, listening and empathy. For her, meditation is a mode of presence that frees her creation from rational thought. Her practice is thus in line with her challenge to the theoretical frameworks that justify man's enslavement of nature. To the dualism between nature and culture, the artist opposes a vision based on the interrelation of living beings.
Authors
Hélène Bacquet is an author. A former student at the ENS in Lyon (France), she has a background in modern literature and theater studies, and holds a Master's degree in theater from the École supérieure de théâtre (UQAM).
Sylvie Tourangeau is an artist, workshop facilitator, author and curator. Active since 1978, she is considered a pioneer of performance art in Canada. Performative actions, relational art, rituals of circumstance are practices in which she invests herself.
Maia Morel holds a doctorate in Fine Arts and Art Sciences (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, 2006). Specializing in visual arts didactics, she is currently an associate professor at the Université de Sherbrooke.
With a master's degree in museology from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Jean-Jacques Lachapelle has held management positions in several art venues throughout the last twenty years. As General Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d'art de Rouyn-Noranda (MA), he strives to establish a programming balance between local art, Aboriginal art and the arts of the Americas.
