Performative guided tour
2 p.m.
Verticale invites the public to join artist Rose de la Riva for a performative guided tour of the Centre de la nature de Laval.
Since last fall, the project Dormance unfolds over the course of multiple visits and on-site research periods in which the artist observes horticultural teams winterizing the grounds, the arrival of the first snowfall, and the transformation of the landscape itself.
You are invited to explore different sections of the park while the artist responds to raised beds through performative gestures of appreciation and plant mimetics. Interspersed with “emo-wintery” reflections and species identification, the tour will draw on the artist’s accumulated knowledge and her ongoing inquiry into plants and horticultural processes. The public is then invited to share their thoughts in an informal Q & A.
Bundle up and join us for a reflective celebration of winter’s dormant period.