Flat and immense, filled with secrets and incongruities, urban roofs are viewed as virgin territories or evolving landscapes that are open to experimentation and exploration. Uninvited Guests will be an urban intervention piece integrating two interdependent parts: 1) the installation of a light and mobile dwelling on a rooftop located in downtown Calgary; and 2) a series of actions whereby the artists will disseminate plant seeds from this dwelling.
Marie-Suzanne Desiléts is a Montreal, multidisciplinary artist whose practice focuses primarily on public interventions. Presenting her work extensively in Quebec in galleries and urban settings, she has most recently begun collaborating with Jean-Francois Prost.
Jean-François Prost is a Montreal artist, architect and environmental designer who has presented his various exhibitions, interventions, architecture and design works in national and international venues and public spaces.
