Art and wellness

This is an encounter.

A guided tour to experience and share

  • Adults
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Description in French only.

Marina Gross-Hoy has a Ph.D. in museology, mediation, and heritage from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She creates experiences that encourage people to perceive attention and the senses in new ways. Through participatory workshops, lectures, and literary essays, she explores alternative approaches to inhabiting and recognizing lived experience.

The Attention Laboratory is her combination of research and creative work, involving artistic activities inspired by sensitive mediation, embodied attention, contemplative practices, and trauma-informed approaches.

This collaboration with the Musée is the first time this practice has been formally deployed in a museum setting, opening up an unprecedented space for exploration between creation, research, and audience experience.

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