Eddy Firmin Lawond at Art Mûr

Born and bred in the French Caribbean (Guadeloupe), Eddy Firmin is an artist-researcher and speaker who lives and works in Montréal (Canada). He holds a PhD in Études et pratiques des arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada) and a Master’s degree from l’École Supérieure d’Art et Design le Havre-Rouen (France). He coordinates the publication of the decolonial magazine Minorit’Art. His visual artwork questions the transcultural logics of his identity and the power imbalances at play. On a theoretical level, he works on a Méthode Bossale, a proposal for the decolonization of the imaginary in art. 

Tamar Tembeck, PhD, is an art historian with a professional background as a performing artist, writer, and exhibition curator. Tamar notably coedited the publications Caroline Gagné: Donner corps à l’insaisissable / Embodying the Intangible (OBORO), The Participatory Condition in the Digital Age (U. of Minnesota Press) and Conflict[ed] Reporting (Photography & Culture). Tamar is involved in both research and research-creation projects at the intersection of art and medicine, with collaborators stemming from diverse artistic and scientific disciplines. At OBORO, she has held the positions of General and Artistic Director (from 2018 to 2020) and Artistic Director (since 2020).