Passages Insolites - Kakiwimowok (Ils chuchotent), 2023 (EN)

The vaulted cellars in Place Royale are remnants of New France, one reason the public square is sometimes called the cradle of French culture in North America. Eruoma Awashish has transfigured these historic spaces into an animist sanctuary inhabited by crows, bears, beavers, foxes, and moose. In the very underground tunnels once used to store textiles and animal pelts for the fur trade, Eruoma Awashish’s installation incarnates the desire to decolonize the sacred by combining Christian objects with Atikamekw materials, knowledge, skills, and symbols.