KANATAKHATSUS MEUNIER | MANICOUAGAN | Exhibition
Manicouagan : 210 million years of astronomical, environmental and historic upheaval
Babel, la montagne du petit diable (2023)
Kanatakhatsus Meunier
Vidéo documentaire, 90 min.
225 million years ago, a meteorite carved out the unique landscape of Nitassinan. In the late 1960s, the Manic-5 hydroelectric dam completed the geography of the Innu territory, although they were unaware of this pharaonic construction. The supernatural modeling of these lands destroyed the nomadic culture of the Innu who roamed this area.
Rowing across a river turned inland sea, five adventurers check the pulse of the landscape as they expose themselves to the elements. Intoxicated by the power of nature, they travel on water and land through a hostile territory where animals are scarce, but where surprising, luxuriant vegetation abounds, dominated by windthrow. Through scientific surveys, sampling and drone flights, the interdisciplinary Manicouagan team, led by an Innu guide, aims to reach Mount Babel, the epicentre of the crater, in order to map the territory and its components. Will they succeed?
Find the exhibition’s curatorial statement HERE
Co-produced by Sporobole and Station Mir/Festival ]interstice[ and toured by Sporobole, the exhibition was first presented at the Voart Exhibition Center in Val-d’Or, from February 02, 2023 to January 19, 2024.
📸 Courtesy Voart Exhibition Centre
Manikuakanishtiku : 210 « millions » tatupipuna ishpish mishta-atussemakak anite uashkut eshi-takuaki tshekuana, inniun mak tipatshimuna
Babel, kamatshishit utshim (2023)
Kanatakhatsus Meunier
Kanu ka tipatakanit, 90 e tshikashtet
Shash 225 millions tatupipuna, ashini ka patshitik tutamu peikuait muku eshinakuannit assinu anite Nitassinan. Anite tshiatshipanit pipun 1960, ushkutim anite Manic-5 tshishtapanitau ne eishinakuannit anite Innua utassinnit, innuat eka auat tshissenitahk nenu eshinakutakannit ka mishta-akuashinakuannit anite assit. Ne ka mataupanit assit pikunamueu Innua utaitunnu mishue ka pimuteniti anite nenu assinu.
Teshkamipannanut ashit apuiat, shipu anutshish shipek eshinakuak, patetat auenitshenat natu-tshissenitamuat nenu assinu anite pemuteht nenu anite ka patshitinnit. Menuashikuht nenu ishpish shutshishimakannit assinu, ekue pimishkaht, eku nenu assinu eshinakuannit eka menupanikuht, anite eka shuku e taht aueshishat, muku ka mashkatenitakuak ka mishta-nitautshit shiakuikuht nenua mishtikua ka patshishinniti. Ka mamushatshinakanit aimun kamishta-tshissenitakanit tshekuan, utinakanipani eiapishish tshekuana mak ka pimipaniakaniht uepashtimakanissat ka akunitshepaniht, anitshenat ka mishta-tshissenitahk tshekuannu mamu etaht Manikuakan, peiku tshessinuaimatshet innu tshe ui utitaik nenu Babel utshinu, anite ka mishta-nanamishkuet anite ka patshitik ashini, tshetshi akunakanit ne assi mak eshi-patshitinakaua tshekuana uashka. Tshika tshi a aituat?
