Atelier Wiki : récits diasporiques
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cinémathèque québécoise are teaming up to hold Wiki training workshops, inviting you to meet artists Anahita Norouzi and kimura byol lemoine to discuss their practices and projects. Then, a trainer will guide you in the creation of Wikimedia pages using the invaluable information resources of the Médiathèque Guy-L.-Coté and the MMFA Archives and Library Department. Spend a pleasant and stimulating afternoon in great company—everyone is welcome!
The collaborative Wiki workshop, a continuation of the Museum of the Art of Today / Department of the Invisible (in French, le Musée d’art actuel / Département des invisibles, MAADI) by Stanley Février presented at the MMFA, aims to enhance the online visibility of marginalized artists and celebrate diversity in Quebec cinematography and art.
Come meet key figures in Quebec cinema and visual arts, and help increase their visibility on the Web! Whether you simply want to learn more about the guests, are contributing to Wikipedia for the first time or haven’t done so in a while, we will adapt the content to your questions and needs.
Please bring your laptop. Some are also available to the public.
Admission is free.
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kimura byol lemoine is a multimedia artist and curator. Born in South Korea, ze continued zer studies in Belgium before settling in Montreal. Zer visual work, poems/essays and short videos have appeared in international solo and group exhibitions. Ze explores diasporic identity, challenges gender norms and plays with words.
Anahita Norouzi is a multidisciplinary Iranian-Canadian artist based in Montreal. In her practice, which is informed by frequent travels between Canada and Iran, she explores the concepts of displacement, memory and identity from a psychohistorical perspective. Winner of the 2022 Impressions artist residency funded by the MMFA and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, as well as the 2021 Grantham Foundation's Grand Prize for Creation, she holds a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University and a bachelor's degree in graphic design from Soureh University in Tehran. Her work has been shown in Germany, Canada and Iran, among other places.
The** Cinémathèque québécoise** is Montreal’s museum of moving images. Its mission is to acquire, document and safeguard Quebec’s cinema, television and audiovisual heritage, as well as that of international animation. It also collects significant works of Canadian and world cinema for screenings focused on culture and education. With its Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative, the Cinémathèque seeks to promote the sharing of knowledge and discoverability of works and artists, with the aim of inspiring new creative activities.
A vibrant and nomadic museum, the MAADI is a performative action by artist Stanley Février. On view at the MMFA from June 15 to August 28, 2022, this work is aimed at challenging the power dynamics that contribute to underrepresentation in the art world and its institutions of multiple practices, and foster the marginalization of artists with diverse backgrounds.
This series of Wiki workshops is presented by PRISM, the MMFA’s digital lab, and the Cinémathèque québécoise’s Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative.
PRISM is funded by the Quebec government as part of the implementation of Measure 115 of Quebec’s Plan culturel numérique du Québec.
The Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative has been made possible by support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Université de Montréal and Wikimedia Canada.
