During the summer of 2023, plastic creatures and their digital counterparts appeared in Charles-De Gaulle Park, Île-Lebel Park in Repentigny, and Ruisseau de Feu Conservation Park in Terrebonne. After touring the parks of Terrebonne and Mascouche with Transhumance, artists Stéphanie Lagueux and Jonathan L’Ecuyer invited the public to discover an Espèce en voie d’apparition (Emerging Species), in collaboration with L’Espace culturel de Repentigny.
Espèce en voie d’apparition (Emerging Species) is a project that involves integrating, documenting, and caring for a series of sculptures across the region. It is like a herd that is moved around to encounter people and landscapes. The sculptures were designed as part of research into recycling and reuse in art, specifically focusing on the material and shape of plastic bottles.
Guided tour: Emerging species and their natural habitat
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
With Paule Makrous, art historian and arborist
The artists invited the public to a guided tour starting at the Ruisseau de Feu conservation park in Terrebonne, where the Espèce en voie d’apparition project first emerged. Participants were able to discover the creatures and their habitat, the trees and the surrounding flora with the artists and their collaborator Paule Makrous, art historian and arborist.
The augmented reality integrations were accessible via the Artivive app on a phone or tablet. The tour continued in Repentigny in Île-Lebel and Charles-De Gaulle parks, where refreshments and snacks were served.
Espèce en voie d’apparition au Lumifest
Friday, August 18, 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The artists invited visitors to create their own models and lighting for mini plastic creatures, replicas of those installed in Charles-De Gaulle Park. At dusk, digital creatures were projected onto the trees with the help of Art Partage.
Journées de la culture
Samedi 1er octobre 2023, 11h-15h
The artists invited the public to a workshop on modeling clay and recycled plastic materials and augmented reality, mirroring the creative process borrowed from the Espèce en voie d’apparition project.
Thank you to the Espace culturel and the City of Repentigny for their hospitality, and to the Ada X and Art Partage artist centers for their support.
This project received financial support under a partnership agreement between the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Regional County Municipality (MRC) D’Autray, the MRC de Joliette, the MRC de l’Assomption, the MRC Les Moulins, the MRC de Matawinie, the MRC de Montcalm, the City of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Culture Lanaudière, and the Table des préfets de Lanaudière.
