To kick off the 2017-2018 programming on the theme of POST-, Folie/Culture artist-run centre in Quebec City has invited three guest artists (Alexandre Bérubé, Julie Laurin, and yours truly) to create art in The a-Post Office, a portable structure set up in strategic locations in Quebec’s city centre.

Investing the space of The a-Post Office for two days, we have each been invited to meet the public in a bustling public space to create and build relationships with neighbourhood residents through dialogue, “assembly line” productions, collaborative creations, and much more. Artists in residence have carte blanche to follow our inspiration.

My proposed project, taking inspiration from the idea of the Post Office combined with my current work around Doing Nothing, has me inside my little kiosk, standing around waiting. This Office on wheels will be my site of pause: A Waiting Room (Salle d’attente) where I consider what it means to wait, and demonstrate waiting (as we once did when, in a previous era, when we mailed letters and had to be patient about getting a reply). As I spend this time thinking about waiting, I will also sit and wait, and invite people to come and tell me their stories about waiting…or to simply sit and wait with me. Eventually, something will come.

September 14 and 15, 2017
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste public square (front steps),11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wrap-up viewing: September 15, 5 p.m.

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