LÈ M SOT AYITI
2024

Single weft jacquard weaving, cotton threads, wooden stands, sound piece.

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Lè m sot Ayiti is a work about the limits of reconstruction following migration. The installation is composed of wooden walls, reminiscent of both the furniture and architectural walls of the terraces in Caribbean soils. These self-supporting walls, inspired by the artist's own memories, symbolize the precarious and ever-changing nature of rebuilding after migration. Two weavings suspended from the wooden structure represent the faces of the first women in the artist's family to settle in Canada. Like windows opening onto their respective experiences, they tell us about the breadth of their lives.