Immersion @ Adélard



Artist in immersion 2022 @ Adélard
July - September, 2022
Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada.

Papalotes (kites) made with the collaboration of Ariel García

This series of work continues the research-creation process that Maria Ezcurra began in 2018 on migratory birds, more particularly on the so-called neotropical species, which fly every year between Quebec and the south of the American continent. Developed during her 6-week residency at Adélard, this work is inspired by the birds the artist saw in Frelighsburg, as well as the connections she made with the region's community through birding and other common interests. Her residency project considers the dependency relationship between nature and human activity, exploring and revealing the sometimes invisible and often problematic links between bird migration and environmental and social issues. Thus, her work examines and reformulates the physical, emotional, environmental and cultural limits of the body and the connection with the place it inhabits.

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Maria Ezcurra — ADÉLARD /adelard.org
Anatomy of Flight, 2022
Sweaters, yarn and rocks

Photo: Maria Ezcurra

Anatomy of Flight (sweaters, yarn and rocks) and Passing (recovered and deconstructed shoes), 2022

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Papalotes (Kites-Birds) and Bird-Books (paper pieces), 2022

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Papalotes (Kites-Birds), 2022
Tissue paper kites with images of migratory birds, made in collaboration with Ariel García

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Kites-Birds and Neotropical Migrants, 2022
Tissue paper kites and series of drawings of migratory birds, made on packaging materials

Photo: Maria Ezcurra

Neotropical Migrants (Detail), 2022
Drawing of migratory birds made on packaging materials

Photo: Maria Ezcurra

Neotropical Migrants, 2022
Drawings of migratory birds made on packaging materials

Photo: Laurence Grandbois Bernard

Neotropical Migrants, 2022
Drawings of migratory birds made on packaging materials

Photo: Laurence Grandbois Bernard
Feeders, 2022
Sculptures of seeds and sticks

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Feeders, 2022
Sculptures of seeds and sticks

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Tissue paper kites with images of migratory birds, made in collaboration with Ariel García, 2022

Photo: Maria Ezcurra

Papalotes I, 2022
Action - Flying kites-birds on the U.S.-Canada border

Photo: Pedro Orozco

Papalotes II, 2022
Action - Flying kites-birds on the U.S.-Canada border

Photo: Pedro Orozco