This book bears witness to a program of work in visual art developed by the artist Nathalie Lavoie and carried out as part of the 6th International Linen Biennial in Portneuf. In this context, the artist experimented mainly with Indian ink drawings on paper made from stems, seeds and flowers of cultivated flax. She worked for 100 consecutive days with different instructions and precise instructions that led to subtle and interesting pictorial results. This duration corresponds to the cultivation time of the flax plant, from sowing to maturity. The texts and photographs that have been taken reflect a process that has developed over the course of the creation in the manner of a practice journal. In a state of interiorization and particular attention to space and time, the artist has thus sought to make his experience of the present more conscious through an artistic practice. This publication emanates a poetry to which the creative action of linen is intimately linked.
100 jours avec le lin
Nathalie Lavoie
After studying visual arts at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Nathalie Lavoie studied anthropology, psychology and art history at Université Laval in Québec City. Since 2012, she holds a master's degree in art. At the same time, the artist is pursuing a series of training sessions on the notion of presence within the artistic process. Her works are presented in solo exhibitions in Saguenay (2012), Ottawa (2011), Montreal (2005), Gatineau (2003), Toronto (2000) and in numerous group exhibitions in Canada, France and Chile. Interested in performance art as a way to establish a temporality in a relationship to oneself and to the other, she will carry out a three-week action art project in 2012 in Chicoutimi (Saguenay). Her residencies in different places in Canada, France and Chile allow her to pursue her research abroad. Her work is supported by grants from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec. Nathalie Lavoie is also involved in cultural life as a member of juries, boards of directors and programming committees. Her ties to the arts community also lead her to work as a research assistant (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2011-2012), coordinator (Art-image exhibition centre in Gatineau, 1995-2000) and cultural columnist (Outaouais Zone, 1994-1995). She lives and works in the Saguenay.
