Water Into Fire

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  • Water Into Fire

  • Artist: Zachery Longboy
  • Year: 1994
  • Duration: 10:30
  • Country: Canada
  • In this performative piece, the artist continues his search for identity and placement in Canada s Multi-Cultural and First Nations arena. Longboy outs himself as a First Nations FAG, who is living with HIV and abruptly severs attached preconceptions of two-spirited peoples, forcing the First Nation s community to address him rather than the disease. In a contemplative and meditative search, Longboy recollects how HIV / AIDS has affected him and the community around him, revealing a strength through loss. "standing on a bed of pebbles/ water rushes over my feet/ the stream is covered in a canopy of leaves/ sunlight dances through the foliage/ the aroma of wild flowers and pine/ alive/ blood rushes through my veins/ seek a new freedom."

  • Accession #: 2699
  • Distribution Status: In Distribution
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