Originally from a village in Brittany and a Montrealer for over ten years, Anaïs Briend creates under the name Plouc Atelier—a carefree reappropriation of a historically pejorative term, transforming it into an inclusive playground. For her, art needs no pretext: it can emerge from any material, nestle within everyday life, and come to life in the smallest detail. Trained in audiovisual production, it was with her eye glued to a camera’s viewfinder that she first mastered framing, lighting, and image composition. Today, she transposes this cinematic heritage onto various materials: wood, pape...