Preserving the Beauty of Our Planet: A Unique Exhibition on Climate Change and Solutions

2023-06-14 22:39:55

This is not an exhibition that teaches lessonsreassures Stéphan La Roche, Managing Director of MCQ.

« We focus on the beauty of the world, how we can preserve the beauty of our planet, how we can contribute to it. »

— A quote from Stephan La Roche, CEO of MCQ.

The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Barbican Museum in London where it was born in 2022.

It is also from the English capital that the 13 works presented in the museum itinerary come under 5 themes including biodiversity, agriculture and transport. They were designed by artists from 12 countries.

Exhibition co-curator Luke Kemp asked the artists to imagine a different world, to bring climate issues to the public eye.

The digital projection creates a huge Ceiba Pentandra, shows how the roots feed on the soil, and the process of photosynthesis that produces oxygen.

Photo : Radio-Canada

The first installation sets the tone, the projection of a lush plant world. In the semi-darkness, a majestic tree from the Amazonian forest weaves links with its environment to remind visitors that they are part of a large ecosystem.

There are also the Three sisters, a name granted in several indigenous communities to squash, corn and climbing beans. They are represented here as super heroines, a work by Mohawk multimedia artist Skawennati.

Three mannequins in front of squash, corn and climbing beans with the projection of a field in the background.

Installation The Three Sisters: Reclaiming Abundance, Skawennati

Photo: Radio-Canada / Bruno Giguère

The exhibition adapted to the province

For tomorrow is not just an artistic vision. Several companies in the province are presenting innovations in an attempt to reverse the pressure.

We’ve added all sorts of concrete, local solutions from entrepreneurs, local research centers to continue to see climate change from a positive angle, says Anouk Gingras, exhibition project manager at MCQ.

Among the companies is Lasclay, which produces clothing and accessories made from milkweed, a natural insulating fiber plant nicknamed American silk. This vegetation is also essential to the survival of the monarch butterfly.

In the theme of construction, the company Maçonnerie Gratton presents Brique Recyc, a machine in which old bricks are transformed into new bricks to reduce the waste generated by the renovation of buildings.

There is also a model of the future Québec tramway.