Amélie Brindamour

Emerging from the earth and becoming earthbound
A Montreal park bursting with life at the beginning of summer. Billions of cicadas in North America coming out from the ground for mating this same year. Thoughts on sympoiesis and collective building.

Keywords : earth, cicadas, billons, time, mating

Amélie Brindamour is a Montreal-based artist and educator, exploring issues pertaining to the natural environment. Her research includes electronic arts, biomaterials, installation and participatory performances. Her work has been presented in Canada, the United States and Finland, and she was selected to take part in numerous artist residencies such as Eastern Bloc (2021), the CQAM-Milieux program in the Biolab at Concordia University (2019) and the Vermont Studio Centre (2018). Her projects have received support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts.