We met three times a week for two months to do maths together. On the coop's picnic table, she studied for several hours a day. I've never seen a young person improve like that.

Her mother called me, and I could hear the distress in the rasp of her voice. She felt caught between the head of school and her daughter. She asked for help, knowing full well that there was nothing I could do.

I was all alone in July in a half-moved out apartment. I sat on the floor and talked to the emptiness. There was nothing I could do and I felt powerless. I recorded this:

CREDITS

Caméra, sound, editing: Anouk Verviers.

The artist would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) for the financial support.

RELATED PROJECT

Au milieu des bureaux empilés (In Between Desks) (2018 - ongoing) Socially Engaged Art project

EXHIBITIONS

Au milieu des bureaux empilés (2023) at Vaste et Vague in Carleton-sur-Mer CA
Au milieu des bureaux empilés (2019) at Regart in Lévis CA
Dogo Totale (2019) at Dogo Residenz für Neue Kunst in Lichtensteig, Suisse.

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