CAMILLE RAJOTTE
artiste en arts visuels
Veiller sur eux, 2024
Parc Armand-Frappier, Sainte-Julie
This artwork praises trees, their diversity and their benefits to us. Designed as a lantern work, it offers itself as an object of wonder and gratitude towards nature.
The pattern cut into the panels is created from tree leaves. All different, they take up the idea of the collection and represent the inventory of trees present in the arboretum of Parc Armand-Frappier.
On these panels, sentences are engraved and immortalize the thoughts of citizens who responded to the call for contributions. These sentences express memories related to trees or even reflections on them.
Plonge tes racines et touche le ciel, 2024
École Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, Gatineau
Beans are an impressive plant to grow. As soon as the seed is moistened, the stalk shoots up to great heights, revealing its first leavesand then others. These leaves are disproportionately large in relation to the stem, but give a true measure of the plant's ambition to growby leaps and bounds. And isn't this a fitting analogy for our children, who grow and explore with such vigour?
The work expresses the symbolic similarity between this plant and elementary school children. At once fragile and young, strong anddetermined to blossom. But also firmly rooted in a solid, nourishing soil.
C'est la rivière qui me l'a raconté, 2024
Place de l'église, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
This artwork represents the permanence of the Jacques-Cartier River in a human and social landscape that has evolved. The work thus gives voice to the river, like a grandmother who invites us to sit down and tell us about her experiences.
Au courant des saules, 2023
Parc du Petit Bois, Québec
This artwork marks the entrance to the Parc du Petit Bois while expressing the identity of the neighborhood. Its shapes evoke the meanders of the river and willow leaves, two emblematic elements of the sector. Conceptually, it represents dynamism, welcome and multiculturalism.
Au courant des saules was designed as part of cultural mediation with citizens of the Duberger-Les Saules district. The eight participants took part in all stages of design, from the initial site visit, to conceptual thinking and the creation of the model.
Endorphin, 2023
Recreation Center, Orillia (ON)
Endorphin is a colourful, evocative and functional work of public art. Inspired by the human “happiness hormone,” it invites the public to reflect on the pleasures of social interaction.
The arrangement of hands at the top of the panels recalls the molecular formula of endorphin. In the piece, as in life, hands come together to acknowledge a meeting, give encouragement, celebrate victories, rally a team, congratulate or commiserate with others—the many brief but poignant moments when we connect with members of our community.
Endorphin is a tribute to the pleasure and happiness we find in working and playing together and in social interactions. Ties forged between individuals are essential to building a sense of togetherness and attachment to the community we share.