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Josee Pedneault

Day 14 – Home made micro self published collective book

Mohammed and Rago undertook a partial translation of the book "From Dictatorship to Democracy" in Amharic and Arabic. A second meeting of the workshop « Other Libraries » took place at the CCA with a wonderful group of international participants, mostly coming from East Africa and the Middle East, who are currently seeking asylum in the UK. We were using flatbed scanners…
August 26, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 13 – Mailboat / Bateau-postal

Being isolated, the St. Kildan islanders developed a unique way to get messages to the mainland. They would craft a small boat-shape device inside which they could place a letter. The boat was sealed using lead-based paste, and attached to a buoy made out of a sheep stomach or other floating device. They would launch the apparatus into the sea,…
August 25, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 12 – Bird Culture

From "St. Kilda - The Lonely Islands", Christopher Mylne, 1967 St. Kildans were very much dependent on birds for survival. They developed specialized techniques and skills to go up the cliffs to collect eggs and hunt birds. The cliffs where birds would nest were divided among the different families so that everyone would get a fair share of the natural resources.…
August 24, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 10 – Photo vérité

Today I spent the day scanning negatives from an earlier trip to Taiwan last May. I rarely take photographs specifically for a project. I work by collecting and accumulating images that I take or collect from the Internet, archives or other sources. I usually don't feel the need to stay true to the time, the location, the context or even…
August 22, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 9 – Total (American) Solar Eclipse

The NASA TV streaming site kept crashing, allowing for another kind of intergalactic experience. / Le site de la NASA TV tombait constamment donnant lieu à un autre genre de voyage intergalactique.   Monday was the day of the total solar eclipse crossing through the United States. Being in Glasgow, I was nowhere near the path of the event, but…
August 21, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 8 – Rare Archival Film

EVACUATION OF ST. KILDA, 1930, John P. Ritchie As I was searching in the Moving Image Archive of the National Library of Scotland, I stubble upon a rare film by John P. Ritchie showing life on St. Kilda, the collect of eggs on rocky cliffs, and images of the evacuation of the island. The evacuation was kept secret until 1979,…
August 20, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 5 – The First Wanderer

Hall of the Botanical Garden of Glasgow. / Hall d'entrée du jardin botanique de Glasgow.   A white marble sculpture representing Cain is placed at the entrance of the Botanical Garden of Glasgow. According to the Bible, Cain, one of the two sons of Adam and Eve, having killed is Brother Abel out of jealousy, is the first murderer of…
August 17, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 3 – Encounter

Today I met with the wonderful artist Sukaina Kubba. She told me that one of her uncles spoke 70 languages, though she was unsure if the number has been blown up by the exaggeration of her childhood memory (we concluded that even half of 70 would be impressive). - - - - - - - - - - - -…
August 15, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 2 – Appartenance et mémoire d’éléphant

While visiting the Glasgow Necropolis - a Victorian cemetery on the top of a hill - Melanie and I talked about the sense of belonging to a specific place. Is it possible to find a stronger sense of connection to a country geographically and culturally different than the one in which we were born? While travelling, one may experience a strange…
August 15, 2017
Josee Pedneault

Day 1 – Glasgow

I have recently arrived (and been warmly welcomed!) in Glasgow for the Lightwaves International Residency Exchange programme, a collaboration between two institutions Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow, and VU in Quebec City, four visual artists and two writers. In this cross-cultural exchange, the themes of migration and heritage will be explored. Melanie Latoré, a participating artist in the Lightwaves residency, welcomed me into the…
August 14, 2017