Concordia University graduate students in drama therapy, visual arts and sound studies were inviting to experience and reinterpret the museum collection through sense mapping, response art, sound collecting and remixing workshops that ran from Tuesday November 19 to Friday November 22, 2019.
The event included three distinct workshops run on three consecutive days. Attendees were guided in collecting their impressions – via the Plural app developed by Project Someone – of the Museum collections and transforming their media into ephemeral installations addressing themes of hope, despair and resilience. The fourth and final day included a combined reflection and improvisation with all attendees.
Owen Chapman, Julien Younes, Ehsan Akbari, Whitney Slipp, Olivia Morson, Vivek Venkatesh, Dezy Nair, Annabelle Brault, Sandra Chang-Kredl. Photo Credit: Kathryn Urbaniak
Senses Remixed
Workshop 1 with Ehsan Akbari (Art Education, Concordia University)
Participants revisited the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) collection with sensory walks, sense mapping and mobile photography. These activities invited participants to observe, notice and interpret the spaces of the museum and to learn from and about each other by sharing images, maps and observations.
Embodying Resilience
Workshop 2 with Olivia Morson and Whitney Slipp (Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University)
This workshop explored hope, despair, and resilience as it intersects with the museum’s collection. Participants were asked to embody and observe resilience in response to the collections at the MMFA by producing their own form of ‘response art’. Participants created masks (physical and virtual) to try to gain a deeper understanding of what these themes mean as a collective and as individuals.
Re-imagining MMFA
Workshop 3 with Julien Younes and Dezy Nair (Communications Studies, Concordia University)
This interactive workshop aimed to recreate the MMFA space through a collaborative remix. Participants were invited to explore the exhibits around the museum with a conscious ear, and collect sounds using iPhones or recorders with the intent of manipulating them afterwards with various pieces of gear.
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