A poetic vision of an uncertain future and a reflection upon our present, the TRACES art installation situated on the Canada Pavilion site at Expo 2020 Dubai, challenges visitors and raises awareness about the growing threat to ecosystems caused by climate change.
In times of change, we turn to our artists and our storytellers for insight and inspiration. What is happening? What lies ahead? What can we do? How can we see a way forward?
Climate change and its presence in our lives as a meta-issue, one that dominates discussion and impedes optimism, has been documented and dissected in seemingly every possible fashion. Often literal, journalistic, hectoring or depressing, the story of what we are doing to our planet isn’t unknown to us. Its telling is often overly familiar.
Premiering at Canada’s strikingly original pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the new National Film Board production TRACES uses new artistic tools, fresh voices and our innate affection for birds to enchant us and challenge us to think about climate change as something deeply personal.
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CREATIVE TEAM
Concept, Creative Art Direction and Production Design
KANVA
Multimedia Design and Art direction
Étienne Paquette
Production and Touring Manager
CREOS
Composer and sound designer
Javier Asencio
Multimedia Technical Director and Integrator
Serge Maheu
Visual Artist
Carine Khalife
KANVA
Concept, Creative Art Director and Production Designer
Rami Bebawi
Architect, Co-founder KANVA; High-level conceptual approach
Tudor Radulescu
Architect KANVA; Creative Project Manager
Olga Karpova
Architectural Intern
Félix Meilleur-Roy
CREOS
General Manager and Cofounder
Benoît Lemieux
Senior Project Manager, Operations and Production
Agnès Omer
Project Manager, Operations and Logistic
Naomi Adler
Technical and Tour Director
Régis Proulx
Project management for signage production
Virginie Simon
Chief installer
Jason Tawfik
COLLABORATEURS
Manifacturing of amber cubes
Artisan du Lac
Manufacturing of box structures, engineering and manufacturing plans
Sollertia
Manufacturing of steel furniture, engineering and manufacturing plans
Maintenance industries Méca-Fab
Furniture Manufacturing
L’atelier escouade
Design of the 3D models of the birds
Louis Roy
3D Printing of Birds
Fab Lab
Manufacturing of signage pannels
Les ateliers d’usinage Papineau Inc
Consultants on Multimedia Design
XYZ
Installation of full colour print wall and graphics in the Veranda
Hypsos Middle East in Dubai
Sound Consultant
Mario St-Onge – Strøm Design
SPECIAL THANKS
Scientific Consultant and sound samples of the alarm sound of the crested pigeon
Dr Trevor Murray, PHD
NFB
Producer
André Picard
Executive Producer
André Picard
Production Manager
Isabelle Repelin
Senior Production Coordinator
Isabelle Limoges
Marcia Seebaran
Administrator
Marie-Andrée Bonneau
Isabelle Limoges
Senior Production Coordinator – Administration
Evelyne Cortes-Oquendo
Isabelle Gatti
Legal Services
Dominique Aubry
Head, Media Relations
Magalie Boutin
Social media
Émilie Nguyen
Hannah Martin