Photo credit: Kinga Michalska.
Extramural Exhibition | Écart, 167 Murdoch Avenue, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 1E3
Pologne-en-Québec
Sarah Chouinard-Poirier + Kinga Michalska
- Extramural Exhibition
First presented at AXENÉO7 as part of vert soleil green sun, Sarah Chouinard-Poirier and Kinga Michalska’s exhibition Pologne-en-Québec continues its circulation through moving earth, an initiative led by the artist-run centres AXENÉO7 and L’Écart, with support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec’s program supporting structuring initiatives for the circulation of contemporary artworks.
Between multiple committees, a theater project and pickles made by using a traditional polish recipe, the film questions the limits of our revolutionary ambitions, the contradictions in our attempts at inclusion, the points of friction that emerge from intercultural encounters and the patterns that hinder the realization of ideals.
— Excerpt from a text by Gabrielle Izaguirré-Falardeau for Écart
Kinga Michalska is a queer Polish filmmaker and visual artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Their practice focuses on the margins of history and those who make it. Working with photography, film, and video installation, they explore shared cultural spaces. They hold an MFA in Photography from Concordia University in Montréal, and their work has been presented at numerous festivals and exhibitions across Canada, South Korea, and Europe. Their first feature-length documentary, BEDROCK (2025), premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the award for Best Polish Film at Millennium Docs Against Gravity.
Sarah Chouinard-Poirier is an artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal whose undisciplined practice spans performance, film, and writing. They devise scenarios—often performative and sometimes collaborative—rooted in streams of consciousness, vernacular histories, theatricality, and intertextuality, through which connections between public policy, class, gender, and dispossession are revealed. Above all, they are interested in strategies for seeking revenge and building community. Their work has been presented in exhibition centres, museums, artist-run centres, performance and live art festivals, conferences, drinking establishments, and various self-managed and hybrid spaces across Québec, Mexico, and Poland.
With: Alegria Gobeil, Frédérique Chassé, Johnny Forever Nawracaj, Lari Jalbert, Mai Bach-Ngoc Nguyen, Marcela Szwarc, Michael Martini, Mycelium, naveed L. salek nejad
Director of Photography: Kinga Michalska
Second Camera: Baco Lepage-Acosta
Editing: Kinga Michalska
Additional Editing: Jadis Dumas, Lucas Villegas, Paul Chotel
Puppets: Marcela Szwarc, Lari Jalbert
Set Design: Lari Jalbert
Original Music: Gambletron
Sound Design: Paloma Daris
Sound Mixing: Emilie Blaise
Colour Grading: Marianne Lévesque
Production Assistants: B. Brookbank, AM Trépanier
Post-production: PRIM
Produced with financial support from AXENÉO7, CALQ, CAC, CAM, and PRIM
Partners
