INSTALLATION | COSMOGONIE DOMESTIQUE

Interactive installation presented continuously.
Free admission from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., then from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. No reservation required.
There may be waiting time. Please plan your visit accordingly.

Cosmogonie domestique explores how domestic life and the places that shelter us shape our imagination. Presented as an interactive installation of miniature theatres in boxes, this work invites the viewer to engage in an intimate experience, where they can manipulate miniature scenes depicting the different rooms of a house.

By opening a door, moving a rocking chair, or ringing a bell, each visitor sets in motion a fragment of the universe and becomes an actor in the installation. Somewhere between object theatre and a cabinet of curiosities, Claudine Rivest’s work reveals a unique perspective on how the home can be a fantastical space where memory, dreams, and nature coexist within the same inner cosmos.

 

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ARTIST

 

Claudine Rivest creates wordless tales that are both playful and strange. An accomplished puppeteer, she holds a graduate degree in contemporary puppet theatre (DESS, UQAM) and has also trained in visual arts (Atelier Sfumato) and ritual work (Ho, Rites de passage). Her shows Pipo and Kindred Widows have toured internationally.

She also creates short films for various projects and works with several puppet theatre companies, including Théâtre des Petites Âmes and Les Sages Fous, as a visual artist, set designer and performer. She lives in Trois-Rivières and is a member of the Atelier Silex Artist Centre.

 

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DATES

Friday, March 6, 2026:

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 7, 2026:

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Photos

Photos: Dominique Bérubé