For Nuit blanche à Montréal, daphne presents a suspended installation and projection of KA KIPAPINTISOTC (2024) by emerging artist rosalie mowatt. The work will be on view throughout the all-night event and will remain accessible for the following 13 nights.
The exhibition will officially open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the gallery. Visitors are welcome to gather for tea and bannock and to enter the “fishbowl,” a glass room near the front window where the suspended installation is hung. Beginning at 5 p.m., the projection accompanying the work will be activated. The installation is interactive, and visitors will be invited to gently touch the suspended elements while reflecting on themes of identity, belonging, and self-understanding.
KA KIPAPINTISOTC is composed of black ribbons of varying lengths and widths, from which hang metal cones known as “jingles.” Traditionally found on dresses, these handmade jingles are each embossed with a word written in Anishinaabe or French. Together, they reflect mowatt’s ongoing exploration and dissection of her identity as both Anishinaabe and Quebecois. Suspended from the ceiling, the work appears to float in space. Positioned in the window the work will be visible from within and outside the gallery.
Alongside the installation, a mediation space will be set up where visitors can handle jingles and further engage with the material language of the work. At 7 p.m., the gallery will close, and the projection will continue and remain visible from the sidewalk throughout the night. A QR code accessible from outside will link to daphne’s website, offering additional information about the artist and the work for passersby and late-night visitors alike.
