Fantasy (Echo and Narcissus) & Two Spirit Silver Fantasy
"It deals with the myth of the mountain nymph Echo and of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who rejected Echo and fell in love with his own reflection, and teaches us is to beware the trap of vanity or self-adoration. One glance at his reflection in a pool of water and Narcissus is helplessly captivated. Though he realizes after a while that he's fallen in love with his own reflection, he still can't turn away.
With the lockdowns that the world is experiencing we find ourselves looking inward and distantly.
Lollipop as Echo and with my one settler Daniel Stilla is a molecular biologist as Narcissus.
They helped me explore this myth which also speaks to colonialism with my two spirit queen pining away for her settler. With Dave William, my photographer and makeup artist and drag queen Alynne Peacock my frosty silver infinity room was brought to life."
"Thank you those who were kind enough to collaborate with me to create this series of photos:
My elder Gilbert Deschamps Lake Helen - a lawyer formerly of the Lakehead Law School
Harley LeGarde-Beacham of Fort William First Nation
Lou Atlookan of Eabametoong First Nation - a multimedia artist
Edward Perrier an Inuk Anishinaabe as Lollipop a pandemic drag beginner.
It was wonderful to be able to bring all these people together before the current lockdown. i was only able to achieve this project because of the lack of community spread in Thunder Bay being isolated in the northern boreal forest has been a complaint of ours for years till the present situation. We count ourselves fortunate for our regional isolation.
The seminars I chose to attend at the CBRC Summit 2020 was the land acknowledgement and the defund the police talk. and i watched from a previous year other talks from Andrew Gurza and Dr. James Makokis. This helped shape my need to incorporate the wealth of my region and that is its healthy two spirit population."
Contributors:
Michael Dumont
Boozhoo! My name is Michel Dumont i am a queer metis two spirit disabled a mixed media artist from north western Ontario I am the intersections of all these identities and it informs and quides my art process. I spent years being told not to identify as any these communities and i am grateful to be able to express myself fully.
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