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Entre l’île et la dune est une œuvre interactive originale, signée Georgette LeBlanc et Raph Dely (LABORARE) qui nous plonge dans l’univers d’Antonine Maillet. L’œuvre se veut un second souffle au spectacle Le Grand Peut-être, présenté le 4 mai 2025 à la salle Viola-Léger de l’Université de Moncton. Certains des textes au cœur de cette nouvelle œuvre numérique sont repris du spectacle, réécrits et réagencés, alors que d’autres sont des inédits de Georgette LeBlanc.
En explorant cette carte de Bouctouche, ville tant aimée de Maillet, construite ici de mots et d’images, vous êtes invité·es à découvrir, sur le littoral changeant de la Dune ou au détour de l’Île-aux-Puces, les mots d’Antonine Maillet et ceux de Georgette LeBlanc. Plongez dans cette carte, découvrez ses chemins secrets et naviguez où bon vous semble : vous serez toujours bien accompagné·es des mots et de la mémoire de la grande Antonine Maillet.
L’œuvre interactive Entre l’île et la dune est une production du Festival Frye, conçue par LABORARE, grâce au soutien de ArtsNB et de l’Été musical du Barachois.
Textes : Georgette LeBlanc, avec extraits des textes d’Antonine Maillet
Conception : Raph Dely
Musique : Pierre-André Doucet
Sources et références
- LEBLANC, Georgette. (2025, 4 mai). Le Grand Peut-être [Spectacle de théâtre]. Salle Viola-Léger, Moncton, NB (interprété par Mélanie Leblanc).
- MAILLET, Antonine (1972). Par derrière chez mon père. Montréal : Leméac.
- MAILLET, Antonine et Rita Scalabrini (1973). L’Acadie pour quasiment rien. Montréal : Leméac.
- MAILLET, Antonine (1980). Rabelais et les traditions populaires en Acadie (2ᵉ éd.). Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval.
- MAILLET, Marguerite et Judith Hamel (dir.) (1989). La réception des œuvres d’Antonine Maillet : actes du colloque international organisé par la Chaire d’études acadiennes les 13, 14 et 15 octobre 1988. Chaire d’études acadiennes, Université de Moncton.
- MAILLET, Antonine (2019). Clin d’œil au temps qui passe. Montréal : Leméac.
- MAILLET, Antonine. (2020). Œuvres I. Montréal : Leméac.
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Raph Dely
Raph Dely (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice ranges from experimental game design and immersive cinema to conceptual art, performance, and theatre. Their artistic escape stems from an obsession with staging and interactivity, focusing their work on the audience’s experience of the artwork. They were shortlisted for the Lumen Art Prize in the UK, created a video game about miscarriage that was recognized by Kotaku as one of the best obscure games of 2020, and co-founded the Laborare Collective with Marine Theunissen. They also traveled across Europe for six months on artistic residencies, producing screen prints and conducting choreographic research-creation on rising sea levels. Since 2021, they have been deeply involved with Living Arts, contributing video design, scenography, writing, and even interactive design to more than a dozen performances.
Georgette LeBlanc
Georgette LeBlanc writes at the confluence of memory, myth, and speech. Born of the tides and languages of Acadia, her voice flows between poetry, prose, song, and the stage, shaping worlds where stories breathe and the body remembers. A transdisciplinary artist with a PhD in Francophone Studies from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she has focused her research and creative work on the intersections of ethnology and literature. A former Official Poet of the Parliament of Canada, she is the author of numerous award-winning and critically acclaimed books, including Alma, Amédé, Océan (2021 GG Literary Award for Translation) and Petits poèmes sur mon père qui est mort. She currently lives and works in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Antonine Maillet
Antonine Maillet (1929–2025), born in Bouctouche, was one of the foremost figures in Acadian literature. A playwright and novelist, she gave voice to the Acadian people through works such as La Sagouine and Pélagie-la-Charrette, which earned her the Prix Goncourt in 1979 — the first time a Canadian author received the award. Her writing, rich with humor, memory, and the rhythms of popular speech, helped bring Acadian culture to international prominence. A former professor and researcher, Antonine Maillet remains an essential ambassador for Acadie and the French-speaking world.
Pierre-André Doucet
Pierre-André Doucet is a Canadian pianist, writer and arts leader from New Brunswick. Praised for “the emotion of his play and his impeccable control”, he has performed across Canada, Europe, South Africa and the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Piano Performance from the University of Montreal and a Graduate Diploma from McGill University. He is the author of the praised collections Sorta comme si on était déjà là (2012) and Des dick pics sous les étoiles (2020). Since 2012, he has been co-Artistic Director of the Barachois Summer Music series and has served as artistic director of major Francophone literary festivals.
