pinned to the dress are little colored, doodle-graffiti-abstract drawings, representing the invisibility of the interconnectedness in biodiversity

"Imaginary interconnected organisms" Performance / Performance "Organismes imaginaires interconnectés"
Journées de la Culture à MIle End, Montréal, QC

Une performance sur la visualisation de l'invisibilité des interconnections dans la biodiversité /

A performance on the visualization of the invisibility of the interconnectedness in biodiversity.

samedi le 26 septembre entre 14-17h /
sur St-Viateur, entre Casgrain et DeGaspé
saturday the 26th of september between 2 - 5pmon St-Viateur, between Casgrain and DeGaspé

Nicole Fournier marcha sur St-Viateur et dans le champs des possibles, habillée d'une robe-galerie avec extension de matériel traîné parterre, avec des petits dessins-graffitis abstraits épinglés sur elle, réprésentant la visualisation de l'invisibilité des interconnections dans la biodiversité.

Nicole Fournier walked down St-Viateur street to le champs des possibles , wearing a dress with a long train, pinned to the dress will be little colored, doodle-graffiti-abstract drawings, representing the invisibility of the interconnectedness in biodiversity.


photos by Ana Delgado












6 x 8 cm / 2.5 x 3 inches
dessin et photo Nicole Fournier




8 x 10.5 cm / 3 x 4 inches
dessin et photo Nicole Fournier






photos by Ana Delgado



PLANT WALK with Nicole Fournier and Monica Giacomin October 16th, 2009, 2:30pm MUCS

MUCS - Montreal Urban Community Sustainment http://www.mucs.ca/

Date: Friday October 16th, 2009
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Location: Meet at MUCS at 2:30pm, then we will walk throughout NDG and Westmount, towards Marianopolis CEGEP
Instructors: Nicole Fournier, Monica Giacomin
Wild native edible and medicinal plant identification
Which parts of plants to harvest when
Uses: eating raw, cooking, fermenting into wines & vinegars, tinctures, infusions etc
Meditative exploration

http://www.montrealpermaculture.org/index.php/Fall_semester

Making herbal medicine - with Rudbeckia triloba and nettle (ortie)

from backyard live dining 2009, Catherine and Anne-Marie Lanza and Nicole Fournier dug up Rudbeckia triloba or brown eyed susan flower, for her roots (used like echinacea), read more on the live dining blog

Monica Giacomin joined them, bringing nettle from her backyard, Catherine Lanza had also harvested nettle from Mont Royal. Catherine made tincture with the nettle and kept some of the fresh nettle to dry for infusion (herbal tea). Nettle is good for the endocrine system, and more.

Monica Giacomin's website for more info on herbalism http://herbsontheside.com/


Anne-Marie Lanza digging up the rudbeckia triloba for the roots


the nettle tinctured and fresh and the cutting up of the rudbeckia triloba root. all happening in the sunshine in the drive-way near the street.