View of the exhibition "HOME" at the Contemporary Art Center in Brest Gateway CITY MISSING 2009
HDV PAL 16:9 -34 minutes sound color
The camera slides, driven by a small cargo along the north shore of Quebec, the road to stop the city from Natashquan to Blanc Sablon on the border of Labrador.
A barren landscape scrolls slowly by rhythmic activity of the workers during the stopovers. Throughout the trip, we discover some passenger-Innu communities local residents.
Superimposed on these images, testimonies of former residents of the town of Gagnon, a city that is more inland. A city completely destroyed in 1985 after the closure of its unique economic hub: an iron mine. Through memories, these words evoke strong affiliation with this place, yet secluded from the world, a harsh climate but appeared to be ideal. They tell of the fascination still on them here now, after his disappearance 25 years ago, a science fiction setting.
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