Short Biography
Veronica Mockler is an artist and researcher of participatory dialogue that transforms the act of listening to others into art form. Politically collaborative, her work takes on various shapes, including private interviews, public addresses, new media performances, and listening scores. Her pieces have unfolded within diverse settings, spanning from curated art spaces to official governmental bodies, as well as academic institutions and community organizations. Mockler's practice is informed by oral history, documentary tradition, and radical working class education, and raises questions about who can participate in the institutions of citizenship, art and knowledge.
The artist is currently working as a research associate at Concordia University with Project Someone in the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, as part of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism. Her participatory arts-based research focuses on the challenge of institutional inclusion and working-class solidarity amid ecological crisis polarization.
Affiliation and Collectives
Project Someone (UNESCO-PREV Chair)
Acts of Listening Lab
Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
Visible Art Collective
Innovative Social Pedagogy
Landscape of Hate and Hope
Women Walk the Walk
Recent Publication
Mockler, Veronica “Home Rule”, Cigale Journal, no. 3 “Sovereignties”, 2022, pp. 84–91.
Distribution
Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV)
Vidéographe
Recent Media Coverage
CTV - In-Depth Interviews " Veronica Mockler of Concordia University talks about her documentary essay" (en) 2023
Radio Noon - CBC Radio, Stepping Into Halka premiere as part of No Outsides ISMMS Conference (en) 2023
Faire preuve de créativité pour lutter contre les rénovictions, LA CONVERSE (fr) 2022
Inauguration de l'œuvre «Pavillon» de l'artiste Veronica Mockler, ENVOL 91 FM (fr) 2020
Veronica Mockler sur son œuvre à la Maison des artistes visuels, RADIO-CANADA, L’actuel (fr) 2020
L’art au service de la communauté francophone, LA LIBERTÉ (fr) 2020
Une nouvelle œuvre numérique intitulée Pavillon à la Maison des artistes, RADIO-CANADA (fr) 2020
Des nouveaux arrivants et des Franco-Manitobaines s’expriment à travers l’art, CBC ICI MANITOBA (fr) 2019
Sortir les artistes de leurs locaux pour co-créer avec le public, RADIO-CANADA, L’actuel (fr) 2019
L'adresse (l'émission), CISM 89.3 FM, (fr) 2019
The Address Calls Montrealers to Take Action Against, THE LINK (en) 2019
Trouver son adresse, CHOQ FM, Nouvelle Société (fr) 2019
L’adresse : les taudis, comme si vous y viviez, LA PRESSE, Arts et Être (fr) 2019
Côte-des-Neiges residents share housing stories through art performance, CBC NEWS (en) 2019
L’adresse: une performance ethnodocu immersive bilingue, RADIO-CANADA INTERNATIONAL (fr) 2019
Interview with Veronica Mockler & Sofia Blondin on The Address, Homerun, CBC MONTREAL RADIO (en) 2019
L’adresse: parler de logement avec du monde ordinaire, mais pas plate, URBANIA (fr) 2019
Guest artist on special edition Makesense, ATELIER CIBL RADIO (fr) 2019
Montreal artist aims to empower immigrant youth by bringing art into the classroom, CBC MTL (en) 2019
Veronica Mockler about her recent work Les Interprètes, Homerun, CBC MONTREAL RADIO (en) 2019
The ethics of participatory art, CULT MTL (en) 2019
Free, far-out art festival transforms uptown Saint John, CBC SAINT-JOHN (en) 2018
Chronique d'un été by artist Veronica Mockler, WOMEN CINEMA-MAKERS BERLIN, Special Edition (en) 2018
Art and Life with Veronica Mockler, THE THOUGHT-PROVOKERS SERIES, BostonVoyager (en) 2018