Free
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Material: Please bring your laptop. Some are also available to the public*.
Reservation terms: Admission is free.
Location: Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace, 2075 Bishop Street
About PRISM
PRISM is funded by the Quebec government as part of the implementation of Measure 115 of Quebec’s Plan culturel numérique du Québec.
About the workshop
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Cinémathèque québécoise are teaming up to hold Wiki training workshops, inviting you to meet artists Halima Ouardiri and Kim O'Bomsawin to hear them discuss their craft of documentary filmmaking. Then, a trainer will guide you in the creation of Wikimedia pages using the invaluable information resources of the Médiathèque Guy-L.-Coté and the MMFA Archives and Library Department. Spend a pleasant and stimulating afternoon in great company—everyone is welcome!
The collaborative Wiki workshop, a continuation of the Museum of the Art of Today / Department of the Invisible (in French, le Musée d’art actuel / Département des invisibles, MAADI) by Stanley Février presented at the MMFA, aims to enhance the online visibility of marginalized artists and celebrate diversity in Quebec cinematography and art.
About the speakers
Abenaki Kim O'Bomsawin completed a master's degree in sociology before starting an award-winning career as a documentary filmmaker who is motivated by the desire to reveal the world of First Peoples. President of Terre Innue and Productions Innu Assi since 2020, Kim O'Bomsawin serves as executive producer on all Terre Innue projects. For this same production company, she also directed and wrote the documentary Teweikan Revived (2019), which won a Gémeaux Award, and the feature-length documentary Call Me Human (2020), whose honours include four Gémeaux Awards in 2021, Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver and Calgary international film festivals, and the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021. She also gives talks at schools and institutions on Indigenous cinema and issues affecting First Peoples.
Swiss-Moroccan filmmaker Halima Ouardiri graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her short film Mokhtar screened at the world's biggest festivals. Another of her short films entitled Clebs won a Crystal Bear at the 2020 Berlinale. Halima Ouardiri is currently finishing post-production on a new short film called Les patins, a family drama shot in Montreal. She is also developing her first feature-length film, The Camel Driving School.
About the partners
A vibrant and nomadic museum, the MAADI is a performative action by artist Stanley Février. On view at the MMFA from June 15 to August 28, 2022, this work is aimed at challenging the power dynamics that contribute to underrepresentation in the art world and its institutions of multiple practices, and foster the marginalization of artists with diverse backgrounds.
The Cinémathèque québécoise is Montreal’s museum of moving images. Its mission is to acquire, document and safeguard Quebec’s cinema, television and audiovisual heritage, as well as that of international animation. It also collects significant works of Canadian and world cinema for screenings focused on culture and education. With its Savoirs Communs du Cinéma initiative, the Cinémathèque seeks to promote the sharing of knowledge and discoverability of works and artists, with the aim of inspiring new creative activities.
