Second Edition — Bodies in Transformation
This free, open-air trail invites visitors to walk through the landscapes and natural environments of ccdMalvina, in Quebec’s Eastern Townships — about 40 minutes from Sherbrooke, 2h15 from Montreal, near Coaticook. At a time when scientific discoveries, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence are profoundly reshaping our relationship with the world, this immersive trail invites visitors to look at the body in new ways in a world undergoing rapid transformation. How does a changing world transform the way we perceive the body?
Generative Images Born from the Malvina Territory
This second edition presents a series of generative images inspired by the choreographic works of Van Grimde Corps Secrets and the Malvina territory. Created from photographs of bodies in motion and the site’s landscapes, then developed in dialogue with generative artificial intelligence tools, these works explore the relationships between living systems, memory, territory, and contemporary technologies — part of the research-creation project Symbiosis of intelligences.
A Dialogue Between Body, Plant Life, and Organic Matter
As visitors move through the trail, they encounter new visual forms where human bodies, plant life, organic matter, and natural environments meet in a dialogue of constant transformation.
Virtual Reality and Immersive Experiences — Intelligences sauvages
The trail also includes video works, scientific content, and immersive virtual reality and video experiences drawn from the Work Wild Intelligences.
Creative Team
Artistic Direction Isabelle Van Grimde and Thom Gossage
Concept and Creation of the Generative Images Isabelle Van Grimde, based on photographs of Van Grimde Corps Secrets’ choreographic works and the landscapes of Malvina
Embodied by Soula Trougakos and Emmanuelle Martin
Produced by Van Grimde Corps Secrets / ccdMalvina
Practical Information
Free, outdoors, at the ccdMalvina site in Saint-Malo, Eastern Townships. This trail is part of the 2026 Season — Living Territories programming. See the full program for guided visit dates and related events.
