Pronouns: she/her

Bio: Edith Brunette is an artist, a writer, and a researcher interested in the discourses which make and break power as well as the range of modes of political engagement, particularly in the field of art. Her recent projects, created in collective forms of practice, have focused on the ways we inhabit the land, the political agency of artists and the act of speaking out in times of social crisis. These projects have been shown in many galleries and art centers in Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, and Greece. Her writings have been published in several art magazines and publications, including Esse, Liberté, and Cassandre / Hors-Champs. She co-edited the book Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same (2021, with François Lemieux) and To Spoil the Party, to Set Our Joy Ablaze (2016, with Journée sans culture).

She is currently a SSHRC-funded postdoctoral researcher at McGill’s Moving Image Research Laboratory, and a research fellow at the University of California Santa Cruz. Her doctoral thesis (University of Ottawa), A Real Artist is a Free Artist? Conceptions of Freedom and Political Engagement Among Contemporary Canadian Artists (in French), was awarded the Pierre Laberge Prize, for an exceptional doctoral thesis in the Humanities. She is a core member of the Grande Mobilization for the arts in Québec (GMAQ), a grassroots organization that advocates for improved public support for independent artists.

www.edithbrunette.net

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