The Winter Garden – 2021 Edition

Following the success of its inaugural edition in 2020, this playful and comforting art walk, presented by the City of Québec in collaboration with Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Parks Canada, returned for a second year. From February 25 to April 5, the public was invited to stroll through Québec City's historic districts, discovering artworks that transported them into an enchanted forest!

Coloring Book

Continue your journey at home with our new coloring book! This publication brings together the artworks from The Winter Garden 2021, allowing you to extend the fun with your children.

Pair your coloring activity with a virtual visit to the exhibition if you haven't seen it in person yet!

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The Time Needed to Build – Audrée Demers-Roberge

Invited by L’Œil de Poisson, Audrée Demers-Roberge created a translucent mural stretching across Méduse’s windows. Drawn instinctively, the dense compositions echo the tangled branches and twigs covering forest floors. Brought to a monumental scale and shifting with the ambient light, these accumulations reflect a resilient, vibrant nature.

Kyrielle – Boris Labbé

Presented in collaboration with La Bande Vidéo, Kyrielle is an animated film installation created from 285 watercolors. Its title references children’s rhymes with repetitive syllables. This cyclical short film features multicolored figures morphing and multiplying in increasingly complex proliferations, reaching a kaleidoscopic crescendo before returning to minimalism.

The Little Theater of Celestial Encounters – Demers-Mesnard Collective

Born from a collaborative collage and drawing project, this whimsical little theater invites viewers into a dreamlike cosmos where fantastical animals frolic among stars and foliage. These enchanting compositions unfold in an open narrative, sparking the imagination.

Illumination 3, 4, 5 – Jocelyn Philibert

Dark by day and glowing by night, Jocelyn Philibert’s three monumental photographs depict trees, emblematic of the forest. These composite images, created from multiple shots, offer a hyper-realistic view of willows illuminated by flash, evoking a mysterious, almost ghostly presence.

The Sound of the Wind – Mathieu Valade

Displayed on a panoramic four-screen setup, The Sound of the Wind immerses viewers in the illusion of a shimmering, artificial forest. The video alternates between organic imagery and pixelated abstraction, leading a graceful dance as trees sway in the wind.

Passage Olympia – David N. Bernatchez

Drawing from history, anthropology, folklore, and popular culture, David Nadeau Bernatchez creates Passage Olympia, a six-act sound journey filled with cheerful fanfares and vibrant voices, offering a sensory, emotional, and disorienting exploration.

Four Silences – Anne-Marie Bouchard

Anne-Marie Bouchard’s Four Silences offers an experimental sound cinema composed of idyllic panoramas encouraging contemplation. Built from personal archives, these abstract fragments blend harmoniously with soft melodies, creating poetic atmospheres that delight the senses and invite the mind to wander.

Fire at the Olympia – Jeremy Peter Allen

In 1946, Québec City’s Olympia Theater burned down under suspicious circumstances. Fire at the Olympia is a radio detective series revisiting this incident, capturing the spirit of 1940s film noir through a fictionalized historical narrative.

Amanda Parer

The white rabbit, ever-present in human imagination, symbolizes childhood wonder but also represents ecological challenges in Amanda Parer’s native Australia. Her giant inflatable rabbits reference “the elephant in the room,” symbolizing human impact on nature.

Kingmeata Etidlooie

Kingmeata Etidlooie’s vibrant drawings feature bold colors and simplified forms depicting northern landscapes and scenes of human-animal metamorphosis, symbolizing the harmonious relationship between Inuit communities and nature.

In the Media

“COVID-19: Comforting Activities for Spring Break in Québec”

The “highlight of the show,” according to Mayor Régis Labeaume, will be The Intrude Family exhibition, arriving March 26 due to weather conditions.

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Pressure-Relieving Activities

“The City has prepared a range of activities to help parents facing a unique spring break with their children.”

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“A Must-Do Art Walk in Québec City with Your Kids”

“With the pandemic and extended winter, The Winter Garden’s ‘fantastic apparitions’ art walk offers the perfect outdoor family activity.”

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“A Strange Metamorphosis by Mathieu Valade”

“Since February 25, trees have undergone a strange metamorphosis in downtown Québec City. Thanks to LED signs installed by Saguenay artist Mathieu Valade, visitors to Cétière Park near Côte de la Montagne see the trees shift and take on abstract forms in a five-minute cycle.”

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“The Winter Garden: A Path of Wonders”

“Urban strolls through Québec’s central neighborhoods are more magical than ever until April 5 thanks to Manif d’art’s Winter Garden. Artists from Québec and beyond present fantastic apparitions through drawings, illuminated walls, and even giant inflatable rabbits.”

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The Winter Garden – 2021 Edition

Coloring Book

The Time Needed to Build – Audrée Demers-Roberge

Kyrielle – Boris Labbé

The Little Theater of Celestial Encounters – Demers-Mesnard Collective

Illumination 3, 4, 5 – Jocelyn Philibert

The Sound of the Wind – Mathieu Valade

Passage Olympia – David N. Bernatchez

Four Silences – Anne-Marie Bouchard

Fire at the Olympia – Jeremy Peter Allen

Amanda Parer

Kingmeata Etidlooie

In the Media

“COVID-19: Comforting Activities for Spring Break in Québec”

Pressure-Relieving Activities

“A Must-Do Art Walk in Québec City with Your Kids”

“A Strange Metamorphosis by Mathieu Valade”

“The Winter Garden: A Path of Wonders”

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