Oonegansook, Olnegansek/Anagance
High grass (Mi'kmaq)
Waterway used for the transport (Malecite)
Artists
Élisabeth Marier
Colleen Gauvin
Anagance.
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In malecite,Oinegansek, waterway used for the transport.
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In mi’kmaq, Oonegansook, means shore with tall grass.
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Where in the legend they touched the crest of the sky.
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To get here below a piece of nirvana.
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For the stars to be stuck on the vault of heaven to warm us up.
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A place where the enchanted moccasins dance when it’s the full moon.
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On those silky grass.
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A place where the animals talk to each other when humans are absent-minded.
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A place where the bear cubs wander with a pearl necklace, le wampum.
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A place where the magical leprechauns are hiding in the tall grass.
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A place where a frail canoe dance to the streaming of waters which are flooding the hollow of the valley to meet up with the Petitcodiac.
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Anagance, anagram of the life in general, at the frontier of the states of matter, moving toward the French Bay called Fundy where you can find the highest tides in the world.
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Not far from Cape Enrage.
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Anagance who vibrates with the tectonic plates, mixture of the four elements.
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The fifth one being love.
Élisabeth Marier
Caraquet, N.B.
Élisabeth Marier moved to New Brunswick in 2007. Her initial training took place in Quebec City where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Laval University. Her interest in glass led her to join other artists and artisans in 1985 to design and implement an artistic training program related to glass. From there, more than twenty years of teaching at Espace Verre and creative work distributed nationally and internationally.
The work she created for the exhibition Irréductibles racines is inspired by Claude Le Bouthillier's text in his collection Terre tissée. Anagance, anagram of life in flood, at the border of the states of matter, moving towards the French Bay of Fundy where the highest tides in the world are found.
The sculpture Oinegansek, from Maliseet-passamaquoddy for the waterway used for transportation, is an amalgam of images that evoke a dematerialization. The structure is friable, the skiff is fragmenting. The window glass has devitrified; from the melted sand, a precarious balance, it tends to recrystallize...
Colleen Gauvin
First Nation
Eel River Bar, N.B.
Colleen Gauvin is from Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick. She is the eldest daughter of Margaret Labillois.
Colleen Gauvin teaches her culture to the younger children at Eel River Bar. She teaches them respect, love, language, moccasin making, singing and traditional drumming. Her passion for Aboriginal culture is passed on daily to about 50 children in her community.
Her work is a pair of gloves made of moose skin. For her, the realization of this work is an act of love.
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In the context of the exhibition Irréductibles racines, the artist is associated with the name "Anagance".