{"id":82292,"date":"2025-08-04T15:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abitibi-temiscamingue.org\/?p=82292"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:10:29","slug":"madamikana-an-artwork-constellation-at-the-heart-of-abitibi-temiscamingue-an-anicinabe-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/en\/madamikana-an-artwork-constellation-at-the-heart-of-abitibi-temiscamingue-an-anicinabe-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Madamikana\u00a0: an artwork constellation at the heart of Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue, an anicinabe territory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-by-andree-anne-mainville\">By Andr\u00e9e-Anne Mainville<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, an artistic project guides you differently, not towards a place, but towards a deeper understanding. <em>Madamikana &#8211; La Crois\u00e9e des Chemins<\/em> is one of those. Spotlight on this artwork circuit, both poetic and deeply anchored into the anicinabe culture, which is softly taking root in the five corners of Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-process-rooted-in-memory\">A process rooted in memory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Madamikana &#8211; La Crois\u00e9e des Chemins<\/em> was born out of a vast artistic mediation project divided into two parts. The first, <em>Nipakanatik<\/em>, consists of the collect of archives of all kinds (photographs, stories, objects, etc.) coming from everywhere on the territory, with the collaboration of the communities and donors. The second part, <em>Madamikana<\/em>, aims to bring these archives to life by the creation of six contemporary artworks, imagined by anicinabek artists, or by artists wishing to pay homage to the anicinabe culture. The project thus emerged as a circuit made of six permanent art installations, set up throughout Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue, each of them created within a dialogue with both the archives and the elders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2285734e759&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"82251\" src=\"https:\/\/abitibi-temiscamingue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Madamikana \u2013 Launch\nArtist Nika Paul at the launch of her work in Obadjiwan\u2013Fort T\u00e9miscamingue.\" class=\"wp-image-82251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/496434384_750498380971586_3180372964594162331_n-1.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist Nika Paul at the launch of her work in Obadjiwan\u2013Fort T\u00e9miscamingue on June 21.<br>Picture: Minwashin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-at-the-crossroads\">At the crossroads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Anishinaabemowin<\/em>, the word <em>madamikana<\/em> means \u201cthe crossroads\u201d: a place where multiple voices meet: history\u2019s, the territories\u2019 and the communities\u2019. That is the spirit behind the project. It traces an artistic course rooted in the anicinabe cultural and territorial memory that builds a bridge allowing us to go and meet with this millennial presence. Honoring Gabrielle Demers\u2019 beautiful metaphor, each of these six artworks act as an anchor, just as a star to contemplate in the collective sky, a testimony of both the past and the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2285734f1b8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"82279\" src=\"https:\/\/abitibi-temiscamingue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole berube-therrien a l'uqat -vd-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Madamikana \u2013 Launch\nArtist Carole B\u00e9rub\u00e9-Therrien at the launch of her work at the Val-d'Or campus of the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue.\" class=\"wp-image-82279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carole%20berube-therrien%20a%20l&#039;uqat%20-vd-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist Carole B\u00e9rub\u00e9-Therrien at the launch of her work at the Val-d&#8217;Or campus of the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue on June 19.<br>Picture: Minwashin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minwashin-both-a-guardian-and-a-cultural-catalyst\">Minwashin: both a guardian and a cultural catalyst<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind this massive initiative, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/minwashin.org\/\">Minwashin<\/a>, a native cultural organization that started in 2017 which aims to valorize and revitalize the anicinabe language, arts and culture. Among other things, it supports artistic creation, collects oral knowledge, digitalizes the archives and develops innovative educational tools; all are actions having the potential to gather people around the anicinabe culture, to make it shine and to feed a movement of identity and culture reappropriation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2285734fa9b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" 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launch of her work at the Native Friendship and Support Centre of Senneterre (Shabogamak) on June 21.<br>Picture: Molly Bertrand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a22857350185&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"888\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"82282\" src=\"https:\/\/abitibi-temiscamingue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank polson-1-1024x888.jpg\" alt=\"Madamikana \u2013 Launch\nArtist Frank Polson at the launch of his work at Aiguebelle National Park (Taschereau sector).\" class=\"wp-image-82282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank%20polson-1-1024x888.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank%20polson-1-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank%20polson-1-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank%20polson-1-1536x1331.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atrat.lebleu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/frank%20polson-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist Frank Polson at the launch of his work at Aiguebelle National Park (Taschereau) on May 21.<br>Picture: Minwashin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Madamikana<\/em> embodies that vision fully. Indeed, by weaving bonds between the artists, the memories and the communities, this project reminds us that the anicinabe culture is alive, that its knowledge can be transmitted, interpreted and reinvented, and most of all, that it embodies a place of meetings and exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-complete-constellation\">A complete constellation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since May 24<sup>th<\/sup>, the date of the exhibition opening for the very first artwork signed by Frank Polson at the <em>Parc National d\u2019Aiguebelle<\/em> (sector of Taschereau), the creations originating from the <em>Madamikana<\/em> project take place progressively throughout the territory. Every artwork is unveiled in a location that is considered an ally, chosen carefully for its openness, its respect of the native culture and its will to take care of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a22857350b4c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"82263\" 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Beyond simple exhibition openings, these moments are true cultural <em>rendez-vous<\/em>, where everyone is welcome to immerse themselves into the evocative force of the previewed artwork. tay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/minwashin\">Minwashin\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss a thing about these gatherings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re passionate about art tours, <a href=\"https:\/\/abitibi-temiscamingue.org\/en\/explore\/circuits\/public-art-circuit\/\">this one<\/a> will let you discover incredible works from T\u00e9miscabitibian artists. They&#8217;re pieces that spark the imagination and fill us with pride. 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