European Heritage Days 2021
Exhibition Edward Burtynsky - “Mounds and Voids”, screening of "Anthropocene: the Human Epoch" & Official Residence of Canada in France

The Canadian Cultural Centre is participating in the European Heritage Days, September 18 and 19, 2021!

On the programme for these two days: 

• Last days to visit our exhibition “Mounds & Voids” with Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky! Opening of the Canadian Cultural Centre from 12.00 noon to 6pm (last entrance at 5.30 pm) with a series of guided tours with our curator, Catherine Bédard,  and the screening of “Anthropocene: the Human Epoch” (2018, 1h27) by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier & Edward Burtynsky on September 18 & 19 at 3pm. Free entrance but booking is recommended.

• Are you a heritage enthusiast? Do you enjoy historical tours? We are opening the doors of the Official Residence of Canada’s ambassadors to France, in the heart of the 8th arrondissement of Paris. [FULLY BOOKED – Register on our waiting list]

Guided tours of the exhibition “Edward Burtynsky – Mounds and Voids” on September 18 and 19 (12.30pm – 2pm – 4pm)
Canadian Cultural Centre – Free entrance but booking is recommended.

In response to French government measures, presentation of a valid health pass will now be mandatory.

A renowned Canadian photographer, travelling around the planet for decades and exploring the residual landscapes left behind by our modern existence, Edward Burtynsky has produced images of an uncanny beauty, evoking abundance and absence, the local and global issues around water and oil, the exploitation of resources and the resulting impact on labour forces and populations.

Far away from the large urban centres and the everyday lives of the privileged, what imprints do the operations of digging and piling leave on our planet? What do we see and what do we know of those who dig, extract, pile up and work with bare hands where industrial machinery cannot? 

Curator: Catherine Bédard  

Screening of “Anthropocene: the Human Epoch” (2018, 1h27) by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier & Edward Burtynsky on September 18 and 19 at 3pm.
Canadian Cultural Centre

In response to French government measures, presentation of a valid health pass will now be mandatory.

We have reached an unprecedented moment in planetary history. Humans now affect the Earth and its processes more than all other natural forces combined. The Anthropocene Project is a multidisciplinary body of work combining art, film, virtual reality, augmented reality and scientific research to investigate human influence on the state, dynamic and future of the Earth.

Canada — Documentary — Original version with French subtitles — 1h27 — 2018
By Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier & Edward Burtynsky
With Alicia Vikander

[FULLY BOOKED – Register on our waiting list] Guided tours of the Official Residence of Canada’s ambassadors to France on September 18 (1 pm – 3 pm – 4.15 pm) and September 19 (1 pm – 3 pm)

In response to French government measures, presentation of a valid health pass will now be mandatory.

For 70 years, the hôtel de Rigny has been Canada’s home in France, in the heart of the 8th arrondissement of Paris! A reflection of both French decorative arts and Canadian contemporary art, this hôtel particulier from the Second Empire tells its own story of diplomatic relations and ties of friendship between Canada and France. 

As part of the European Heritage Days, take part in one of our guided tours to discover the salons of the Residence, its antique boiseries and its paintings based on the works of Carle Van Loo, with which contemporary Canadian design harmoniously interacts. 

Visit limited to 10 visitors with our guide-lecturer Ariane Lemieux. Please join us at 135, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré 15 minutes before the start of the tour.