Ésery Mondésir : Evening of poetry + Opening Event

Join artist Ésery Mondésir for an evening of poetry in tribute to the group Haïti Littéraire and poet Anthony Phelps, followed by a reception to celebrate the opening of his exhibition Choublak. For the occasion, members of the group Un soir disant will read texts of their own and by Haitian authors.

About the exhibition:

Choublak, hibiscus in Haitian Creole, presents the artist’s recent body of work, produced in collaboration with members of the Haitian diaspora in Montreal, Toronto, Tijuana and Havana. A series of abstract portrait films and images captured via pinhole camera while travelling through Chile and Trinidad and Tobago were developed with various image processing techniques, often incorporating plant residues. These interventions on the actual film reveal latent shapes and nascent stories buried deep within the materiality of the celluloid.

One of the rooms in the exhibition features archives from Montreal’s Centre international de documentation et d’information haïtienne, caribéenne et afro-canadienne (CIDIHCA), dedicated to the 1960s poetry group Haïti Littéraire.

Choublak is presented at the Gallery from September 3, 2024, to January 18, 2025.