In collaboration with Edmond G Leger, 'Migration' is an exploration of identity and belonging through installation, performance and video.

 

In an effort to reconnect with his lost roots within Canada's First Nations, Leger mounted a performance work, beginning with the creation of Stone Elders and a plain wooden easel.

 

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The piece was then brought to a quarry in Val-des-Monts and reassembled, at which point the artist then painted both easel and himself, breaking away from the traditional restraints of the canvas and finding himself directly connected to the easel that supports him.

 

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Filmed in two different locations, the short film depicts the meditative space of healing that occurs through process and surrender.