MICHAËLLE
SERGILE
Ombre Portrait (Shadow Portrait) is a series that focuses on archival family images from my parents' generation in Haiti. Reflecting on the concepts of cultural identity and memory, the darkness of these intensely opaque bodies resembles an abyss. These immense voids do not serve to erase their identities but rather to represent the vastness of stories and the numerous layers of memories.
OMBRE PORTRAIT TANTE ROSE & WILNIE
2024
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads, cherry wood structure.
In this recent installation, Sergile continues to explore the architecture and furniture that link her childhood country, Haiti, to her adopted home, Quebec. The installation brings together two portraits—those of her mother and great-aunt—integrated into a screen-like structure. This design evokes both the objects used in various photo studios in Haiti but also the furniture and walls of the homes of these two women, who are/were pillars of her family.
OMBRE PORTRAIT #5
2023
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads, wooden frames.
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OMBRE PORTRAIT #4
2023
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads, wooden frames.
OMBRE PORTRAIT (Wilnie)
2023 (WIP)
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads.
OMBRE PORTRAIT (Uncle Jean)
2023
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads.
OMBRE PORTRAIT (Carmel)
2023
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads.
OMBRE PORTRAIT (Miguel)
2023
Two-shuttle jacquard weaving, cotton threads.
