Exhibit – Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories

Bodies carry and transmit traces of memories, sites, and stories—both as acts of care and as burdens to bear. Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories is a twofold conversation taking the form of a group exhibition and a program consisting of workshops, performances, and talks. This is an experiment in transforming the Centre for Oral History […]

Corps, émotions et recherches: une exploration par cartographie corporelle – Bodies Carrying Exhibition Programming

Description écrite par Naomie Léonard et Stéphane Guimont Marceau. La cartographie corporelle offre une manière unique et créative d’explorer son identité, ses expériences de vie ou une thématique particulière en centrant le corps et les émotions dans le processus de réflexion. Utilisant l’idée de la carte topographique, la cartographie corporelle propose d'imaginer le corps comme […]

Attuning to Spectralities: Senses, Whispers, and Other Connective Membranes – Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

Photo: Milena Rodriguez Description by Esteban Donoso and Shalon T. Webber-Heffernan This workshop offers an immersive, collaborative space for scholars, performers, visual artists, and curators to engage with embodied practices that attune to spectral presences. By experimenting with spectrality as a connective tissue that links us to ancestral pasts, we will explore expanded modes of […]

The Metabolism of Silence- Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

Description by Eve Garnier and Jacynthe Desjardins In a movement-based workshop, we propose an exploration of relational possibilities and their bodily expression, anchored in silence(s). Here, silence is not a rupture but a dynamic space of exchange between individuals sharing the same space-time. The connection between narrator and audience is a key part of any […]

Summer Institute: Oral History & Creative Practice (for credit)

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

May 12-26, 2025 Open to university students (for credit course) and community members Call for applications COHDS Summer Institute 2025 Storytelling, as both an art and a practice, occupies a central role in many cultures. The evocative power of oral history has made a major impact in the worlds of public history, museum/curatorial practice, and […]