Okinum

Jackie Gallant is a musician, video artist and sound designer who creates and performs for dance, video and film. She began her musical career as a drummer for several Montreal rock groups. Since then she’s toured nationally and internationally with everyone from La La La Human Steps to Lesbians on Ecstasy.  As sound designer and composer she has worked with, among others, actor/directors Marie Brassard and Brigitte Poupart, video artists Nelson Henricks, Nikki Forrest and Dayna McLeod and choreographers George Stamos, Sarah Williams and Karen Fennell. In fall 2015 she composed, directed and performed in the pop-opera (POD~themusical) as part of Montreal’s Phenomena festival.  In the spring of 2016 she created the multimedia piece The King of Pop.

Recently, she’s been involved as composer and performer in projects with Fortier Danse-Création (Trois and Solo 70) and Hélen Simard (Idiot and Requiem Pop). 

2019 saw the release of the concept album 100 Years, by the duo Home Alone (a collaborative project with musician Yan Basque). In 2021 she has been collaborating with video artists Midi Onodera and Sonya Stefan.

At the intersection of theatre, performance and media arts, Émilie Monnet’s practice is centred on collaborative creations. Her work has most often taken the form of interdisciplinary theatre and immersive performance experiences. As a writer, performer, and director, Monnet created Okinum, a piece which is firmly rooted in issues surrounding colonialism and Indigenous realities, particularly those concerning Indigenous women. This Time Will Be Different, her most recent installation performance co-created with choreographer Lara Kramer, was performed at the Festival TransAmériques this past June and at the Edinburgh Festival in August. Okinum marked the start of Monnet’s three-year artist residency at Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui and announced her as a major talent in the Indigenous and Montreal theatre scenes. Émilie’s heritage is Anishnaabe and French. She grew up in Outaouais, Quebec and Brittany, France, and she currently lives in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyaang/Montréal.