Sarah Wendt + Pascal Dufaux

THE MOUNTAIN MOVES WHILE MY FINGERNAILS GROW - performance / film / installation

Filmed in September 2018 in the Tablelands, Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast of Newfoundland. It was here, in the 1960s, that geologists proved the theory of tectonic plates.

.Performance in May, 2019 at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

.Exhibition as part of 'Tempo-Réel', September 2019, Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Man.

.Symposium : Puces 133, June 2019, St. Armand, Que. Curated by Marie-Claude Landry and Yann Pocreau

Supported by Canada Council for the Arts, The Rooms Gallery residency program (AIR) and Parks Canada.


“...At that time, the slabs of rock that carried these present-day continents crawled apart from each other at a rate of a millimeter a year. They remained in this slow phase for about 40 million years.

Then, around 200 million years ago the tectonic plates entered their fast stage, accelerating for 10 million years until they reached speeds of 20 millimeters per year, which is similar to how fast fingernails grow. ”

Performance at Confederation Centre Art Gallery

Display at Puce 133

Display at Puce 133

Sarah performing at Puce 133

Sarah and Pascal at Puce 133

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