Side by side, two canoes journey down the St. Lawrence through time, industry, and landscape. The legacy of the settler’s footprint has blurred the lines of what water means to us. Water can do many things; it is a means of transportation, a life source, but it also has the power to alienate us from ourselves. The St. Lawrence River (Kaniatarowanenneh) was an essential component to the lives of the Haudenosaunee communities that made their homes on its banks, however construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway created disconnection, and became cause for ecological destruction. In a current, constantly flowing, does the power lie in our own hands or that of the natural world? Produced in collaboration with the Topological Media Lab. Paddle with us through time as we transfer our relationships to water, projection and movement into public domain.

Text: Caite Clark and Lexxus Reid