Exhibit explores weighty theme of motherhood
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This article was published 30/05/2024 (527 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
This month at the Heritage Home for the Arts in Killarney, “The Weight We Carry” by Kristy Janvier was exhibited. Janvier recently returned home to Canada after working as a professional actress and dancer for Disney over the past 15 years.
The exhibition “contemplates healing and explores how we carry so much while gracefully dancing through the transition to motherhood,” according to the description.
The titular work is a roughly three-and-a-half minute performance video showing Janvier with her baby in her arms, in addition to heavy rocks. She stood and bounced her baby gently, all while carrying that extra weight.
Three of the included works were of photography but Janvier pushed those photos into three dimension using beadwork overtop of the photos. The theme of weight was carried through the exhibit, every piece utilizing a rock or stone to visualize that theme.
“Images of being weighed down by the rock, balancing the weight, and carrying the rocks become the symbolic representation of motherhood,” the description said.
Janvier’s artwork uses her hometown of Flin Flon substantially. Greenery of the town is in the background of the video piece and also features strongly in her photographic works. She is of Dene and mixed European descent, and this aspect of her personality flows throughout her work.
Her work is guided by “structuring performances from personal stories incorporating images, installation, sound recording, and/or video with improvisation influence.”
One of the works, called “healing dress,” is a hanging willow hoop with cones of birch bark hanging from it. Sitting below the hoops is a dyed cloth with a rock on top of it.
In the corner beside “healing dress” is “moss bag.” The work consists of a beaded paper bag tied around four stones.
The exhibition was sponsored by the Manitoba Arts Network and will appear in other galleries across the province.
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