Roxanne Lafleur's pandemic reflections on display at NAC
Free exhibition explores artist's isolation walks along the Rideau Canal through photographs and bilingual wordplay.
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Roxanne Lafleur's exhibition confinement (2024-2025) opens May 1 at the National Arts Centre and runs through November 27, 2026.
During her almost daily walks along the Rideau Canal through the pandemic's shadows, Lafleur documented her observations: fragility, survival, resilience, isolation, and the tensions between nature and culture. The work features twenty-four elements—small folded and square inkjet prints juxtaposed with larger prints—using wordplay between both official languages to describe what the images cannot.
The exhibition is displayed in both the Canal-level and Mezzanine of Southam Hall's lobby at 1 Elgin Street. Admission is free; no tickets required. The NAC offers Under30 tickets at $15 for anyone under 30 attending other performances.