In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite)

Diane Morin

Gare Centrale Station

In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.
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Portrait of Diane Morin

Artist: Diane Morin

Originally from the Kamouraska region, Diane Morin lives and works in Montréal. The artist works with sound, drawing, light and electronic DIY to create site-specific installations featuring kinetic, sound and light micro-events. Her work at home and abroad earned her the distinction of being the first recipient of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec’s Contemporary Art Award.

About the work 

The Gare Centrale Station serves as a crossroads for multiple transportation networks: intercity trains, commuter trains, the metro and the REM. Reflecting this role as a place of transit, Diane Morin created In/animation (la forêt qui nous habite), a work that evokes the experience of movement.

This lenticular piece offers passersby unique experiences that shift with their path and walking speed. Micro-narratives awaken in the animation of branches, trees and other entities as people walk in front of the work or down the stairs leading to the platforms, creating a constantly changing encounter.  

The work is part of the artist’s approach, which seeks to capture traces of the living and reactivate them through various means, while opening possibilities for encounters with entities and temporalities that extend beyond the human. For this project, the artist modelled various local tree species found on Mount Royal, including a century-old maple tree in one of its cemeteries.  

Frequent visitors to the Gare Centrale Station will discover a new facet of the work with each encounter. 

“The experience of space in motion—whether wandering through a forest or travelling by train—shifts our perspectives and invites unexpected encounters, awakening fragments and echoes from other places and times within our memories. What once seemed lost or forgotten can suddenly find meaning again, come alive and stir us in entirely new ways.” 

Diane Morin
Artist

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