Ghosts

Ghost Caribou, Ghost Wolf and ancestors act as reminders of what exists in this world and provide lessons about honesty, humility and working for the people. In this short stop-motion animation experiment time will freeze and warp. We see echoes from the past, but we remain steadfast in the present. The neighbourhood acts as both a settler compound and Indigenous space. The Woodlands Caribou once thrived in much higher numbers and lived further south into Ontario. Human encroachment has cut their current population down significantly and they survive in smaller numbers further North. The Caribou ghosts still inhabit the neighbourhood. Stronger in presence than a vestige of the past, they forage endlessly in the streets burying their noses into concrete. This work is based off the award winning writer Leanne Simpson’s poem Caribou Ghosts and Untold Stories.