Louis Hamelin | Manicouagan | Exhibition
Manicouagan : 210 million years of astronomical, environmental and historic upheaval
Manicouagan, la terre-histoire. (2023)
Louis Hamelin
Book-object: collages, texts, illustrations, 25 1/4 X 18 1/4 X 1 inches.
Using the format of the book-object, Louis Hamelin recounts his experience of the territory around the Manicouagan reservoir. Writings, images gleaned here and there and illustrations accumulate over the pages to tell the story of the expedition. From a variety of angles, the writer reflects on the astronomical impact, Innu territorial occupation, hydroelectric development, biodiversity and climate change. The very form of the book recalls that of the logbook, notebook and album, once indispensable paper artifacts for exploration. With a limited print run of ten copies, the book is a tribute to the upheavals surrounding the Manicouagan reservoir, to the boreal forest and to the Innu people who have suffered the consequences of these disruptions.
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
Manikuakan, assi-tipatshimun. (2023)
Louis Hamelin
Mashinaikan-tshekuan uiauitakanit, akussutatshenanut, eshi-mashinaitshenanut, eshi-akunakanit, 25 1/4 X 18 1/4 X 1 tatumitshitin.
E pimipannanut anite ne eshinakuak mashinaikan-tshekuan uiauitakanit, Louis Hamelin uauitamu ka pet ishi-uapatak kassinu anite uashka ne anite ka mautakanit nipi Manikuakan. Meshinaitshenanut, akunakanat nanishkue e anakaniht, kie mitshet unashinataikana eshtakaniti tatuau e passiuetshinakanit ne mashinaikan tshetshi tipatshimunanut ne ka ishi-uapatakanit mak anite ka natu-tshissenitakanit ishpish timit. Kassinu anite eishi-tshitapatakanit, eshi-mamitunenitak ne ka tutak mashinaikannu uitamu ishpish mishta-ishpaniuenit anite tshishikut, innua ka taniti anite assit, aiat meshat atusseun anite nanimissiu-ishkutet, eshi-takuak tshekuan assit, eshi-taht aueshishat mak eshi-mishkutshipanit eishpanit tshishiku.