Note à moi-même
Project_Note à moi-même is an art-action project based on the daily observation and minimal transformation of objects and spaces. The central gesture—cutting out a 73 × 73 mm square, equivalent to the size of a Post-it note—is applied to yellow objects collected from public or private spaces.
Clara Cousineau extends this gesture to a mobile home located in Trois-Pistoles and intended for demolition. Entirely painted yellow and perforated according to the same principle, the house becomes an inhabited sculpture and an observational device.
The house is moved to Baie-Saint-Paul for the Symposium. To do so it must first cross the St. Lawrence River in two stages: from Trois-Pistoles to Les Escoumins, then from Baie-Sainte-Catherine to Tadoussac. Inhabited for a week during the Symposium of Baie-Saint-Paul, this temporary sculptural space gives rise to encounters with the public and video recordings.
Bio_Clara Cousineau is native to Quebec City; she lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. A 2018 graduate of the Concordia University Studio Arts program, she has presented solo exhibitions in Montreal, Brussels, and Toronto, as well as several group projects in Quebec and abroad. Her works are part of public and private collections, including those of the City of Laval, Claridge (Montreal), and the Press Art Collection (Zurich). She received the BMO 1st Art! national award (2018), was a finalist for the Plein Sud grant (2025), and was longlisted for the Monique-et-Robert-Parizeau Prize (2023). She is a co-founder of Espace Transmission, an artist-run centre for creation, production, and exhibition in Montreal.
Approach_Clara Cousineau’s multidisciplinary practice explores the connections between object, space, and perception. Through sculpture, installation, and image-based work, she transforms familiar elements—furniture, domestic surfaces, everyday objects—into ambiguous presences. Her works establish a dialogue between 2D and 3D, between concealment and revelation, blurring formal hierarchies and inviting a careful, sometimes playful gaze. Detached from their function, these objects become vessels of a fleeting memory. Clara Cousineau uses accumulation, repetition, and repurposing to transform the commonplace into an aesthetic experience where color acts as a sensory trigger. The viewer physically engages with these environments, through a bodily and sensory interpretation. Clara Cousineau’s practice spans Montreal, the rest of Quebec, and the international scene.
