Kristy Janvier | Weight We Carry

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Kristy Janvier, “Handheld Moss Bag,” no date

(courtesy of the Gallery)

This is an interdisciplinary work made during Kristy’s Rural Arts Mentorship with Lita Fontaine (2022) from ideas she has carried since 2018.

Kristy chose rocks for her performance’s artifact. Images of being weighed down by the rock, balancing the weight, carrying the rock(s) becomes the symbolic representation of motherhood. We carry our babies on our breast, our backs. Balancing it all in our day-to-day existence.

The landscape of her hometown of Flin Flon, MB is where the Canadian Shield and Boreal Forest meet. As she continues to contemplate the healing aspect as in her previous work, she is exploring how we carry so much while gracefully dancing through the transition to motherhood.

Items in the exhibit: “healing dress” (2 willow hoops (17×15.5 and 19×16.5), 100 birch bark cones, stones, ribbon, Imitation sinew, fabric, small stone;

“moss bag”, Secondary item is the weighted moss bag. The moss bag is made of paper, a fragile material which will hold the sturdy rocks placed inside.

“flower rock”: beadwork on a photograph of rocks.

“Weight we Carry” Lastly, an iPad or projector with video of my movement exploration on a loop or if space does not accommodate this, photograph series images. If I am physically able to be at a location, I would like to offer a live performance.

On December 5, Kristy will be here at Prairie Fusion and will lead a Handheld Moss Bag workshop. Kristy will do an artist talk at 5:00pm and then at 5:30 she will lead the workshop for those who register.