The Algonguin-French multimedia artist s work explores the complexities of Indigenous identity by Radheyan Simonpillai on April 17th, 2021 at 8:49 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Caroline Monnet is speaking over Zoom from her Montreal studio while keeping an eye on Quebec’s COVID-19 announcements. The Algonquin-French multimedia artist, whose work is featured on both international screens and galleries, is preparing her latest solo show, which is set to open at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on April 21.
The pandemic has already delayed the premiere of Monnet’s debut feature film,
Bootlegger. The film, which won a screenplay prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation, stars Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs as a young woman returning to her reserve during a referendum on prohibition laws. Principal photography wrapped in December 2019, but COVID-19 stretched the postproduction schedule.
Montreal’s Caroline Monnet blurs boundaries between film and fine art
Algonquin-French multimedia artist s work explores the complexities of Indigenous identity By Radheyan Simonpillai
Apr 15, 2021
Caroline Monnet is speaking to NOW over Zoom from her Montreal studio while keeping an eye on Quebec’s COVID-19 announcements. The Algonquin-French multimedia artist, whose work is featured on both international screens and galleries, is preparing her latest solo show, which is set to open at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts on April 21.
Behind Monnet, I can see her first architectural installation: a structure built from construction materials like gypsum and chipwood and featuring a latticework familiar to anyone who has seen her work. In front of Monnet is a screen showing Quebec officials discussing rising variant cases and a potential lockdown, which would put the filmmaker and artist’s spring exhibition on ice. Her attention is being pulled in multiple directions,