Josée Pedneault

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Badda means the Sea, 2018

BADDA MEANS THE SEA

Photography and text, 2018
Project in collaboration with Nasir S.

Presented at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Sept 22- Nov 25, 2018.
And at VU, Quebec City, Oct 26- Dec 2, 2018


Badda means the Sea narrates the memories of Nasir S., a fisherman and free diver who left a Somali island for a new beginning in Scotland. Nasir recalls the sea as a captivating, yet frightening, entity. His grandiose stories which evoke mythology contain expansive sea forests, divers skilled in underwater ear breathing, five-finger trees, and instructions for tricking dangerous sea animals. Badda means the Sea reflects how modes of memory are tactical forms of survival.

Thanks to Street Level Photoworks and VU Photo