- Self Writing
- Poetry
- Figure of the muse
About
Marie-Ève receives a letter from a man. She discovers the portrait of an absolutely unheard of woman. Right now, she's obsessed. But who is this woman? Is it a version of herself that would have escaped her and that would have waited for this man's gaze to hatch? Or is it an imaginary being? A fantasy? A hidden version of the author himself? Inspired by the myth of Pygmalion and her Galatée statue, Marie-Ève tries to discover the mystery. It manufactures small containers of clay as many possible answers. Throughout her research, she sees the roles interchange – who is really Pygmalion, who is Galatée? Who, in the end, makes fantasies? This first residence, between writing, theatre and performance, questions the objectifying gaze of the artist (or the pretender) on his muse, while revealing the unsuspecting power of the muse and its own creative potential.
Credits
Text and creation — Marie-Ève Lussier-Gariépy
Biographies
Marie-Ève Lussier-Gariépy With training in Theatrical Studies and Interpretation, Marie-Ève works as an actress, author and playwright. Since 2023, she has been the artistic director of the Festival du Neuve Lu Québec. She is co-founder, with her accomplices Odile Gagné-Roy and Maureen Roberge, of the creative company The Mouth _ The Machine (That the good days are short, 2025 ALBANE, 2023). As an interpreter and creator, she took part in several projects, including: Bacchanal (The Scarniflers, 2026), The Quebec Assembly (La Bordée et Porte Parole, 2024), Eye (Venus by bike, 2023), Working title(s) (White Card, 2022) and .ES - Chapter 1 - Self (The Queens, 2020). She is currently working on writing her first novel.
Artist acknowledgements
Marie-Ève will also make a residence at the Carrefour de la Littérature, des Arts et de la Culture (CLAC Mitis) in Mont-Joli (October 2026) and at the Théâtre du Bic (April 2027).