Our new home, the ccdMalvina (Creation and Presentation Centre)

ccdMalvina

309, Malvina road, Saint-Malo (QC) J0B 2Y0

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514-844-3680

Malvina, a village from the 19th-century Eastern Townships

A place where human heritage and wild nature intertwine, the story of Malvina is that of a vanished village, founded in the 19th century, where nature has reclaimed most of the land. The site features rich and diverse ecosystems — forest, plains, mountains, river, pond, and more — along with a heritage house. Through numerous encounters with local residents, Van Grimde Corps Secrets discovered that Malvina is much more than just a place: it is a fragment of collective memory, a territory inhabited by stories, traces, and emotions.

It is from this recognition that the idea for a creation and presentation center deeply rooted in its territory was born — a living space where the community can reclaim its history while opening itself to contemporary creation.

New grounds for transdisciplinary research, creation, and residencies

Led by Van Grimde Corps Secrets, this unique center offers an exceptional setting for artists, researchers, thinkers, and audiences to collectively explore the connections between the body, the land, science, and contemporary creation.
In an environment where forests meet mountains, rivers, and fields, each project unfolds in an intimate relationship with the site and its ecosystems.

Serving as a space for residencies, research, transmission, and encounters, the center fosters exchanges across disciplines, generations, and cultures. It invites a sensitive reimagining of local heritage while inspiring new forms of expression in the performing arts, digital arts, ecology, and interdisciplinary thought.

At Malvina, creation takes root, resonates, and is shared.

Our Artistic Trails

Unfolding across fields, forests, and rivers, the trails of the ccdMalvina are experienced in harmony with the rhythm of the landscape. They are accessible during the summer cultural programming days and by reservation for private groups. 514-844-3680 [email protected]

Primal body / Future body

An outdoor immersive trail conceived by Isabelle Van Grimde, exploring our relationship to the body in the digital age. In 2026, it expands with new images created using generative artificial intelligence and an original virtual reality experience, Intelligences sauvages. Explore our trail

Malvina in the old days

A heritage trail tracing the memory of a vanished rural village, founded in the 19th century. In 2026, a life-size sculpture of Malvina’s draft horse, created by Royden Mills, brings new presence to this landscape of living memory. Explore our trail

Body Territory (new — 2026)

Sound installations, prints, sculptures and digital works deployed across the Malvina landscape, on both sides of the river. A sensory trail at the crossroads of body, memory, the living world and contemporary technologies, bringing together Thom Gossage, Sean Caulfield, Liz Ingram, Bernd Hildebrandt and Isabelle Van Grimde. Explore our trail

What If I Were a Tree? (new — 2026)

Trees and humans share surprising biological kinships: breath, communication, cooperation, adaptation. Without a brain or nervous system, trees nonetheless display sophisticated forms of biological intelligence — connected through roots and underground fungal networks. This scientific installation invites us to reconsider our place within the living world, in a web of interdependence where every being is part of a vast network of relationships. Inspired by the Wild Intelligences work in progress. Explore our trail

ccdMalvina Seasonal Team

2026 Season

ccdMalvina is pleased to count on a dedicated and dynamic seasonal team whose contributions help ensure the success of the 2026 program:

Ariane Demers – Cultural Mediation

Alice Grondin-Segal – Cultural Mediation

 

Eliana Angers — Coordination Support

Pranav Buchineni — Photographer

Julieth Katerine Escobar — Technical and Logistical Support for Events

Sara Garcia Medina— Technical and Logistical Support for Events

Santiago Garcia Medina — Technical and Logistical Support for Events

Maude Petiot — Grounds Maintenance and Outdoor Site Development

Volunteers

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our volunteers, whose generosity, expertise, and dedication have enriched ccdMalvina’s activities since its inception:

Geneviève Crête — Guide for the Malvina Then and Now Tour and Archive Lending

Michael Gilbey — Technical and Logistical Support, as well as Equipment Lending

Micheline Robert — Logistical and Administrative Support, Visitor Services, and Communications

Their invaluable contributions help us provide visitors with a welcoming, professional, and memorable experience. We sincerely thank them for their commitment to ccdMalvina’s mission.