Lauranne Faubert-Guay

Lauranne is a transdisciplinary artist with a background in visual arts, sociology and contemporary dance. Lauranne likes to think of her artistic practice as a praxis, a philosophy in movement.
Sensitive to the urgency of changing our way of being-in-the-world, notably by reducing our needs and adopting a minimalist lifestyle, she is specifically interested in the ascetic body and its ability for self-sufficiency. By challenging the body, she tries to reveal its power and to explore the strange interstice which links hardship and emancipation. She considers her creations Ponos – à l’épreuve du poids (Tangente, 2019), D’une montagne sans sommet (ponos II) (Tangente, 2022) and Tu es le vent (co-creation, 2022) as tools of empowerment.
Lauranne is also the founder of Devenir(s) corps, an upcoming residency program and live arts studio located in Montpellier, Outaouais.

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Quand j’ai accouché d’un arbre, j’ai été grande comme une forêt

Thinking of childbirth as a gigantic and generous effort; like a challenge that transforms pain into strength and roars; as a celebration of the autonomous body which rearranges and transcends itself to give life, to give itself life; like an unimaginable journey that allows one to get out of oneself. This project dives into a fluid zone where bodily boundaries expand until they no longer exist. It is an ode to birth, dance, and creation; the opportunity to celebrate an infinite body and highlight its immensity.