JUNE 26 – JULY 31, 2025
This summer season, Houston First will welcome the world premiere of Weci | Koninut to Avenida Houston. The interactive set up, conceived by First Nations artists Julie-Christina Picher and Dave Jenniss, is a world-class immersive opus that transforms public areas right into a territory crammed with collective desires and reminiscences. This interactive set up combines visible arts, Indigenous storytelling, and sensory applied sciences. Created in collaboration with Quebec corporations Creos and Init, each internationally famend for his or her experience in interactive installations, and Houston First, Weci | Koninut invitations the general public to expertise a sensory immersion into the guts of the Atikamekw tradition’s six seasons. That includes larger-than-life dreamcatchers and an immersive sound and visible setting, the work transforms town right into a dreamlike forest, making a dwelling dialogue between ancestral territories, desires and Native artwork. As an immersive out of doors expertise, Weci | Koninut transports guests right into a universe impressed by Notcimik, a sacred territory of the Atikamekw individuals. Every of the six luminous constructions evokes a season – from Pitcipipon (pre-winter) to Takwakin (autumn) – and is activated as the general public walks by. The set up combines gentle, sound, and symbols to supply a complete immersion the place nature and desires converge. On this timeless bubble, the general public is invited to decelerate, really feel, hear, and dream.
Weci | Koninut was created by Dave Jenniss and Julie-Christina Picher, in collaboration with Eruoma Awashish, Étienne Thibeault, Serge Maheu. Produced by Init in collaboration with Houston First Company and powered by Creos.
