Biography(ies)

Kanatakhatsus Meunier is a media/digital artist and science communication specialist who refuses to lock himself into an identity. “As Romain Gary once said, “We’re all add-ons. Our identities are multiple and complex. We need to turn away from this illusory classification based on race. We need to get away from these differences that dominate and dictate exchanges, and aspire to no longer see the social and ethnic differences between people. Rooted in the Eastern Townships’ Canton d’Orford for the past 22 years, this artist of Kanien:keha origin has made a number of documentaries, including Le vieil indien, shot in the Eastern Townships (2015), as well as films shot in Nunavik while working for Taqramiut Nipingat, a provider of communications services to the Inuit community of Northern Quebec, in the early 2000s. He is currently working on the sequel to Le vieil indien, and is preparing an immersive video experience in virtual reality and/or screen broadcast, with the animals of Parc national du Mont-Orford filmed at night as they roam, in five different locations, with high-definition cameras (Sony A7 III) converted to infrared.

Tipan ka ishi-pikutat tipatshimuna e patshitinakaniti/mak atusseu-katshitapatakanit ka pitukatakaniti tshekuana mak tipan eshi-pikutat kamishta-tshissenitakuanniti tshekuana e uauitak, Kanatakhatsus Meunier apu ui anite tshipautishut tshetshi nenu ishi-uinakanit. « Tshinanu au kassinu ka ashu-taiaku » issishuepan Romain Gary. Eshi-uinitishuiaku mitshetuait ishinakuan mak e animatshenitakuak tshetshi nishtutakanit. Uemut tshika ui tshiuekapaushtenanu ne eshinakanit mak ne eshi-tatipan-anakaniht tatipan eshinniuht auenitshenat. Kataku tshika ui tananu nenua tatipan eishinakuaki ua tipenitahk mak e uitahk tshipa ishi-mishkutunamatunanu tshetshi ut eka uapatamaku ne e uitakanit mamu katananut mak tatipan eshinniunanut eshi-uapamituht auenitshenat. Etat shash 22 tatupipuna anite Canton d’Orford, Estrie-assit, ne kapikutat tshekuannu e tutak anite uetshipanit kanien.keha mitshet kamatau-pikutakanissa e tipatakannit tshekuana tutamupan, umenu peiku Le vieil indien, ka pimipanitakanit anite Estrie-assit (2015), mak nenua kutaka kamatau-pikutakanniti ka pimipanitakanniti anite Nunavik, anite etusset Taqramiut Nipingat, ka tshitapatak kaimitunannut anite aissimet Tshiuetinit Uepishtikueiau-assit, anite tshetshipanit ne pipun 2000. Anutshish, anite atusseu tshe shaputuepanit ne Vieil indien mak aieshkushtau tshe kutshipanitat kashekushimakannit nasht e pushipanit anite tshe ui ishi-pimipanitat kie/kie ma tshetshi pimipanitakannit anite kapimipaniakaniht kanuat ashit nenua aueshisha anite ka taniti Parc national du Mont-Orford ka pimipaniakaniht e tipishkanit eshi-tshinikuanipanniti, anite patetat tatuait, ashit nenua kamatau-pikutakanit atusseuakana ka akuanitenitakuaki (Sony A7 III) ka ishi-mishkutshipanitakanit tshetshi mushe nukuak miam eshinakuak.

KANATAKHATSUS MEUNIER | TOUR | MANICOUAGAN

KANATAKHATSUS MEUNIER

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?

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?