Artist's creations using Lazertran - glass with Lazertran

"During my work process, I researched books and the Internet looking for
figurative representations of the human body, especially that of children.
Through my introspection, I discovered antique dolls belonging to the world
of little girls with their used bodies, dislocated members and especially
intense gazes. It awakened intensive impalpable emotions and feelings that
one would sometimes wish would remain absent, sometimes ephemeral and
sometimes prolonged. I imagined many volatile and mute tales touched by
imaginary and factual events.

After many days and months on this path, I accumulated more than 15 000
photos of expressive dolls. About 4 000 of these were used for my 5
installations : Contes muets - Les poupées n'ont-elles pas, de tout temps,
été les seules à entrendre les mots qu'il fallait taire ? Mute tales -
Weren't dolls of all times the only ones to hear those hushed words? "

Photo :
This installation has 11 glass pillows that deform reality. This suggests
the murmurs of Mrs Liddell's three little girls Alice, Lorina and Edith
with their frail thin arms tightly holding their pillows decorated with
many small comforting images of Alice that were borrowed from John
Tenniel's illustrations (Alice in Worderland). In the center, of these 10
smaller pillows and 1 larger pillow that deforms Alice's portrait that was
inspired by two photos taken by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll).

Michele Lapointe, born in Montreal, is known for her monumental
installations. She teaches sandblasting and assembling techniques at Espace
Verre in Montreal since 1990. She focuses part of her teaching on artistic
architectural integration. Her artistic work follows an imaginary
archaeological process which excavates dreams, memory and time.