DATE: Thursday, March 19th, 2026
TIME: 7:30pm – 8pm
LOCATION: Second floor galleries
COST: This event is part of AWE at Night
Accessibility: Accessibility and accommodation requests must be made at least two weeks in advance of the event. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
The exhibition considers the storm as a metaphor for the climate transformations of the Anthropocene – an atmosphere charged with anticipation before the storm breaks. Featuring works by Lisa Hirmer, Laura Demers, Hala Alsalman, and Katherine Takpannie, the exhibition explores artificial clouds, fragile atmospheres, and imagined post-catastrophe futures.
Cassandra Lesage Fongué is an emerging curator, photographer, filmmaker, and designer holding an M.Arch. and a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies from the University of Waterloo. Her artistic research strives to challenge notions of visual representation and human-centric vision in architecture, contemporary art, and design through exhibition, film, photography, and writing. Her practice explores the tension between auto/biographical modes of making while examining place, landscape, and non-human life. She conceived L’air est lourd as an exploration of the storm as an immersive system—slow, inevitable, and ongoing.
L’air est lourd is presented in partnership with the Ontario Association of Visual Artists (BRAVO) and Art Windsor-Essex. / Ce projet est réalisé en partenariat avec le Bureau des regroupements des artistes visuels de l’Ontario (BRAVO), Art Windsor-Essex. It is supported by the Ontario Arts Council. / Il est soutenu par le Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario.
