photo by: david khang
i dreamt i filled your mouth with stones
i dreamt i wrapped you in my skin
i dreamt you trusted me
nikî pawâten etâpwewakeyimiyin
nikî pawâten ekîwewekinitân pihcayihk nasakâhk
i dreamt i owned everything
nikî pawâten ekîtipêyihtamân kahkiyaw kîkway
i dreamt i locked you inside a shrinking house
i dreamt i cut your children’s hair
nîki pawâten nisâkaskinahtân kitpon asinkyak
i dreamt things fall apart
i dreamt i imposed my law and found you guilty
nikî pawâten kikwaya enanâniscipayihki
nikî pawâten ekîhitasiwâtakok niwiyasiwewina ekwa kîhatâneyimikawimâwâw
i dreamt i held your face away from the sun
i dreamt i scratched out, scraped out, a space for the frail, a space for the frail
i dreamt i awoke and heard your voice
visualeyez 2008/i dreamt i ran away from home (28)
July 26, 2008
visualeyez 2008/i dreamt i ran away from home (27)
July 26, 2008
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July 26, 2008
day 12
being here, in edmonton, at visualeyez, away from home, to be going home in three days. everything i have done here will be a memory, a trace of something that is no more, that is no longer visible, that i will have left behind. it’s always hard to reckon with how seemingly insignificant, how fleeting this practice of mine is. this place, this manner, where i choose to invest my life is so small. but inside myself i believe it is the small, the subtle, where we touch each other. and how can you measure that, how can you ever know what you have done?
visualeyez 2008/i dreamt i ran away from home (25)
July 26, 2008
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July 25, 2008
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July 25, 2008
visualeyez 2008/i deamt i ran away from home (22)
July 25, 2008
day 11
at this spot two men were handcuffed and taken away. there were two police cars, four policemen and two men who had been sleeping on the grass and two bags. there seemed to be no conflict, the men were quiet, the police went through their bags, took out some books. handcuffed one man, then the other. i walked by.
visualeyez 2008/i dreamt i ran away from home (21)
July 24, 2008
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July 24, 2008
day 10
the oranges. i have been tempted to just put the oranges around town in various locations that i want to mark, so today i did just that. i am allowing myself to play and break my own “rules.” and so this is the perfect moment to say what a great pleasure it is to feel supported and understood by the visualeyez festival director todd janes. that freedom to shift, change, redirect, and yes, fail, is part and parcel of the creative process. it is a real gift to feel this allowing, and this certainly isn’t something that every director feels comfortable with, so i wanted to honour this and say thank you.









