ALISSA BILODEAU
FREE
ABYSSESJune 20 2024 to MARCH 30 2025
Alissa Bilodeau plunges us into the abyssal depths of a cavern seemingly dug into the Côte de la Montagne, a hillside in Old Quebec. The exhibition space is transformed into a phantasmagorical ecosystem of biomorphic creatures, flourishing plant life and mineral outgrowths. Working in her usual medium, the textile artist creates an immersive, sensory-rich world. Through an environment alive with shape, texture, materials, light and sound, she transports spectators to a sublime, marvellous elsewhere.
ABYSSES lures us in like a carnivorous plant, enchanting us with its fantastical appearance only to draw us into a sinister trap. While it is joyfully kitschy, bright and resplendent with sequins, furs and rhinestones, the work can also be read as a comment on the invasion of the earth by man-made materials which are altering our natural environments forever. Alissa Bilodeau’s work enacts the collision of the organic and the synthetic in a paradoxically fertile dynamic of attraction and repulsion.
Indoor exhibition
EXMURO’s Aire Publique
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Inspired by the ecological concept of habitat, Alissa Bilodeau creates textile-based sculptural installations with metamorphic forms and surfaces evocative of invasive organisms. Her work suggests plant life re-encroaching on the human world and asks us to reimagine our relationship with natural ecosystems.
Alissa Bilodeau holds a BFA from Université Laval and a diploma in sculpture from the Maison des métiers d’art de Québec. She has exhibited widely, including a dozen solo exhibitions and world-class events such as the Paris Biennale internationale des métiers d’art et création.
Made possible with the support of the Première Ovation program under the Cultural Development Agreement between the Quebec government and Ville de Québec.
Acknowledgments: Regart artist-run centre
Soundtrack credit: Jean Thierry Demers
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