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My-Van Dam: Spaces of Resonance
November 2 → March 9
The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a public engagement project by artist My-Van Dam
Free admission
Reservations required
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
7:30 PM to 9 PM
PHI Centre
407 Saint-Pierre Street, Space 4
Montréal, Québec H2Y 2M3
The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a closing performance for the public engagement project conceived by artist My-Van Dam.
Taking place from November 6, 2024, to March 9, 2025, in the Foundation’s Education Room, this project runs parallel to the exhibition Laure Prouvost: Oma-je. For its duration, My-Van Dam has conducted research with a group of performers, seeking to integrate into their gestures objects created by the public to make visible the ties that bind us, and reveal the relationships that constitute us.
Dam’s research process for this performance echoes her work, which constantly navigates between different disciplines, ranging from performance to sculpture, installation, video art, and drawing. Much like Laure Prouvost’s multidisciplinary work, Dam’s approach is based on the fluidity and malleability of techniques, and is marked by a particular sensitivity to the body. While the body is present in her videos and performances, it surpasses the limits of the image to become the work’s primary site: a place to invest in and explore beyond the obvious—a space where ideas, feelings, emotions, and traumas may settle and resonate.
Curator: Daniel Fiset
My-Van Dam
My-Van Dam is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. She graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in visual and media arts and is a member of the CODE BLANC collective, alongside Stanley Février and Maryam Izadifard. Her practice focuses on the transmission of intergenerational trauma and its multiple physical and psychological impacts. She also explores body memory (BM) and healing processes that foster personal and collective emancipation from oppressive systems. Her current research is rooted in the exploration of somatic theories and practices in an effort to propose a vision of care that is interdependent and collaborative.
Dam has exhibited across Québec, notably as part of the Musée d’art actuel/Département des invisibles (MAADI) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2022) and University of Sherbrooke (2021). She has also presented works at the Rad Hourani Foundation (2021), Montréal’s Place des Arts (2021), Projet Casa (2022), Art Souterrain festival (2022), Centre culturel Georges-Vanier (2024) as part of the POST-INVISIBLES biennial, and at MAI | Montréal, arts interculturels (2024). She completed a residency at SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art in 2023.
Jeimy Oviedo
Jeimy Oviedo is a multidimensional artist of Costa Rican origin, whose work combines contemporary dance with therapeutic body practices. Trained at the École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec and then at LADMMI, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Dance (Interpretation) from UQAM in 2014. Her journey has led her to collaborate with companies and artists such as Nyata Nyata, Hanna Abdel Nour, Mandoline Hydride, the Danza Descalza collective, the Tondoa collective, as well as Ariane Dessaulles, Sarah Elola, and Laurence Dufour.
Her rich and diverse artistic universe navigates between contemporary dance, performative theatre, Colombian and African folk dances. In parallel, Jeimy has been a massage therapist since 2015 and is pursuing studies in aromatherapy and naturopathy, guided by her curiosity and constant desire to deepen her knowledge. This dual expertise in art and therapy nourishes a holistic vision of the human body, bringing a unique depth to her collaborations and her commitment to movement and well-being.
Free
Foundation
The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a public engagement project by artist My-Van Dam
Free
Foundation
The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a public engagement project by artist My-Van Dam
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