archipelagic body ∞ devenir alga

*Image Christine Brault

archipelagic body ∞ devenir alga. 2026
Live performance in biocollaboration with the sister algae
Performed at Le Lieu, centre en art actuel (Quebec City) and for ViVa!Art Action (Montreal).
Curated by: Le Lieu centre en art actuel, stvn girard & ViVa!Art Action, Michelle Lacombe
Special thanks to: Daphne Brissonet, Katia Grenier and Geneviève Roy.

The floating action was performed together with the algae Fucus vésiculeux, Fucus évanescent and Ascophylle noueuse, encountered at the shores of Rimouski, littoral du Saint-Laurent. The video present during the performance was created in biocollaboration with various Mediterranean algae and seaweed, with a special appearance of Caribbean Sargassum (natans & fluitans).
-Link to video projected during the performance
-Link to video documentation from the performance at Le Lieu

Forever honored to share vital life-force with the sister algae in our archipelagic becomings...

archipelagic body
a sea of islands
submarine unity
holopelagic existence / free-floating, adrift

devenir algae / sargassum natans, sargassum fluitans
activisme sensoriel / magnetoreception, magnetite Fe₃O₄

la poétique de la relation
perme(ability)
to trust that all water touches all water everywhere
water is the messenger of the senses / sensing the water, the message begins

cosmocimiento
microscopic [s]kinship

*This text is part of the legacy of many people. In order of invocation: Epeli Hau‘ofa, Kamau Brathwaite, Édouard Glissant, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Cecilia Vicuña and mayan knowledge transferred by Ana G. Aupi.
The ongoing inspiration of Beatriz Llenín Figueroa's writings and activism and the biosensibilities and support of Joana Moher are also very present in this quest.