Shared Lands

Territoires partagés / Shared Lands is an exhibition exploring the notion of land: ancestral lands, imagined lands, contested lands, shared lands. The project was developed on Mi'kma'ki territory, at the artist run centre Vaste et Vague with artists Jordan Bennett, Hannah Claus, Nadia Myre and Sonia Robertson.

During a creative residency, the artists explored Mi’kma’ki lands of Gespeg (Gaspérie), letting it inform the artistic proposals. The artists were accompanied in their research and work by three local artists from: Mary-Jane Condo, Mizal Jeannotte and Edwige LeBlanc. The engagement between artists and the community was established through meetings, conversations, celebrations and collaborations, at the very heart of the creative process.

The works created for the exhibition Territoires Partagés / Shared Lands investigate the complexity, richness and ambiguity of this notion, sometimes accepted, sometimes contested, of shared territory. The exhibition offers an incursion into a universe where the Indigenous worldview, interconnectivity and orality play a leading role.

The exhibition was presented at Vaste et Vague in 2013, then at the Action Art Actuel gallery in 2014, at the Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh in 2015 and at the Musée des Abénakis in 2017.