Free!
Experiences
From March 4 to 7, 2026
In the (un)folds of memories
Join a lantern-making origami workshop that reveals collective memories. Sheets illustrated by artist Ravy Puth conceal fragments of stories from the Cambodian, Laotian, and Filipino communities who shaped Montreal's Chinatown in the 80s and 90s.
During the workshop, you'll discover revelations through folds and hidden drawings. Light changes everything—what seems invisible by day comes to life at night. Each lantern you create will then be hung along the windows of the Belvédère room at MEM, forming a large collective artwork that enlightens the space this winter.
Workshop Schedule
Workshop start times: every 30 minutes from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes
Capacity: 25 participants per workshop
Join us for this free workshop and help weave a luminous collective memory.
CREDITS
Presented by PARTENARIAT DU QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES and THE MEM – CENTRE DES MÉMOIRES MONTRÉALAISES
Artistic Co-Direction and Artist: Ravy Puth
Artistic Co-Direction and Curator : Mélanie Tessier
Consultation (Laotian Community): Kingkeo Savejvong
Consultation (Filipino Community): France Stohner, Centre Kapwa
Consultation (Cambodian Community): Anonymous
About Ravy Puth
Ravy Puth is an illustrator and independent researcher of Cambodian descend, born and raised in Montreal. Having learned French in kindergarten and English at the age of eight, she gradually saw her mother tongue, Khmer, begin to fade. Drawing then became an anchor—a language through which she could express what words no longer could. Although she managed to preserve her connection to Khmer language through dubbed Hong Kong VHS tapes from the 90s and conversations with elders, she remains keenly aware of the fragility of cultural transmission. Her practice brings together research and illustration to revive memory and enable individuals to renarrate their own stories. Hong Kong films
Ravy Puth works across books, editorial illustration, visual communication, comics, academic illustration and mural art. Her research focuses on illustration in the face of erasure in the context of genocide, through articles and lectures that critically engage with oppression and power dynamics.
Join a lantern-making origami workshop that reveals collective memories. Sheets illustrated by artist Ravy Puth conceal fragments of stories from the Cambodian, Laotian, and Filipino communities who shaped Montreal's Chinatown in the 80s and 90s.
During the workshop, you'll discover revelations through folds and hidden drawings. Light changes everything—what seems invisible by day comes to life at night. Each lantern you create will then be hung along the windows of the Belvédère room at MEM, forming a large collective artwork that enlightens the space this winter.
Workshop Schedule
Workshop start times: every 30 minutes from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes
Capacity: 25 participants per workshop
Join us for this free workshop and help weave a luminous collective memory.
CREDITS
Presented by PARTENARIAT DU QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES and THE MEM – CENTRE DES MÉMOIRES MONTRÉALAISES
Artistic Co-Direction and Artist: Ravy Puth
Artistic Co-Direction and Curator : Mélanie Tessier
Consultation (Laotian Community): Kingkeo Savejvong
Consultation (Filipino Community): France Stohner, Centre Kapwa
Consultation (Cambodian Community): Anonymous
About Ravy Puth
Ravy Puth is an illustrator and independent researcher of Cambodian descend, born and raised in Montreal. Having learned French in kindergarten and English at the age of eight, she gradually saw her mother tongue, Khmer, begin to fade. Drawing then became an anchor—a language through which she could express what words no longer could. Although she managed to preserve her connection to Khmer language through dubbed Hong Kong VHS tapes from the 90s and conversations with elders, she remains keenly aware of the fragility of cultural transmission. Her practice brings together research and illustration to revive memory and enable individuals to renarrate their own stories. Hong Kong films
Ravy Puth works across books, editorial illustration, visual communication, comics, academic illustration and mural art. Her research focuses on illustration in the face of erasure in the context of genocide, through articles and lectures that critically engage with oppression and power dynamics.
