Terrestrial Psyche. Mourning and Uprooting

Andréanne Godin, Memorial for a Stranger, 2011 (FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal). Photo : Justine Latour

Several of Andréanne Godin’s works underline the extent to which the territory is embedded in our memory, through memories of daily or seasonal activities that crystallize as sediment in our psyche(1). Her work also attests to the mourning and uprooting that affect the fullness of this intimate geology. Last text of a series in two… Continue reading Terrestrial Psyche. Mourning and Uprooting

Terrestrial Psyche. Territory and territorialities

Andréanne Godin, The Space in which You Still Exist, 2022. (Oboro, Montréal) Photo : Paul Litherland

What about the relationship between humans and territories, their mutual histories and the feeling of territoriality? Are they indicative of our complex, sometimes intimate, relationships to the places we live in, frequent or visit? First text of a two-part series.