Bird Requiem

Clocks and birds — 2024

BIRD REQUIEM is a series of three assemblages combining stopped clocks and watches with historical illustrations and stuffed specimens of North American birds, including a passenger pigeon (a species extinct since 1914) and an Eskimo curlew (no specimen has been seen since 1963). The project borrows a traditional style of presentation from history museums to raise public awareness of the current issue of species loss.

Acknowledgment: This project is carried out with support from the territorial partnership program of the Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). It was assembled thanks to the generous expertise and loans of specimens from the Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke (MNS2) to the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke (MBAS). Finally, BIRD REQUIEM is possible thanks to donations of more than 200 broken watches from relatives, friends and acquaintances.

Press

Marie-Soleil Provençal’s Nature-focused powerful art: Interview
Douglas Nadler
The Record — December 6, 2024
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Les musées en région font place au féminisme et à l’écologie
Amélie Revert
Le Devoir — November 16, 2024
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Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke | L'écologie du paysage
(series of videos about the group exhibition)
La Fabrique culturelle, Télé-Québec — 13 novembre, 2024
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Les arts à la rescousse de la fragilité des paysages
Delphine Belzile
La Tribune — September 29, 2024
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