Tsishow

It is a living installation that deals with freedom, our collective myths, and our love for Quebec. Drawing inspiration from the Ti-pop movement and the patenteux (DIY/tinkerer) mindset, Xavier Goulet and Benjamin Therrien revisit our shared heritage to challenge and move beyond it. Through a series of absurd and eclectic tableaux, and a TikTok dramaturgy combining theater, visual art, and video, they set off to discover territories inhabited by visual-characters in search of meaning. It is a celebration of the ti-monde (the everyday people), a joyful realization that perhaps we are all a little lost. It is a collection of true things in a false world, false things in a true world. Let's say we try to better understand ourselves, to free ourselves from alienation, to patch ourselves back together, to choose how we want to exist. Let's say we change all the rules. What remains despite ourselves? What follows us, defines us? With this performance-exhibition, the two artists wanted, first and foremost, to create a manifesto about their vision of art and the place of creation in their lives. They dreamed of an interdisciplinary work driven by freedom and friendship. Once the show is over, Tsishow takes the form of an exhibition. The public is invited to discover and inhabit the set in a friendly, convivial atmosphere. To complement the performances, a screening of two films by Fernand Bélanger will be organized at the Cinémathèque québécoise on April 21: Ti-coeur and Ty-Peupe, two milestone projects at the root of their research.