Keur et Korr
by Nadine Arpin et Isa Michaud
Galerie Sans Clous, Baawaating (Sault-Ste-Marie. Ontario), an 8 film and reels exhibition, 2026
Keur et Korr, 22 minutes, 2026
The heart and the body; alive and moving with cellular reality, experienced conceptually through a form of digital collage. Keur et Korr (heart and body in Michif) is a collection of reels/installations that explore the themes of relationships, language, loss and death. Each reel is akin to the pages of a book one turns with curiosity. Arpin's and Michaud's diverse approach to editing and collaging creates a gentle spectrum of heartfelt landscapes colliding with loneliness and longing.
Cadèwašteyaš, with a good heart, 3 minutes, 2025, Nadine Arpin
cadéwašteya (Nakota: with a good heart) is meant as a form of prayer which draws its medicine from the teachings of the sacred circle. This experiment reel evokes meditative reflection on life's journey.
Payhoo, 4 minutes, 2021, Nadine Arpin and Diane McGrath Lokos
An experimental short film which blends seemingly opposing perspectives; The use of heritage
languages(Celtic, Michif) as both a visual and text, anchors the piece with our ancestors. ​
La Daans di Morr, 2 minutes, 2023, Nadine Arpin
2Spirit identities and traditions existed and are well documented in oral history by the Anishinaabe, the Plains Cree and elsewhere on Turtle Island. There is no dispute that at some point these practices vanished, destroyed by colonization. La Daans di Morr is a statement of reaffirmations, which carries significance for me. Written in Heritage Michif, it overlays the only existing footage of this temporal fire installation.
Ni-mina Otêh, 2 minutes 03 secs, 2026, Nadine Arpin
Ni-mina Otêh (my blueberry heart) is a digital collage reel which is built on the filmmakers memory of their mother. Visually constructed through the use of the childhood photos of Dot Arpin before marriage when she lived with her family in Vassar Manitoba. The filmmaker recalls a simple story in Northern Michif and in English. The audio consists of both the story and a gentle underbed of soft humming. This slow paced work created in the language is intended to honour both their mother and the medicine of the blueberry.
Bruine, 1 min 26 secs, 2024, Isa Michaud
Life in Northern Ontario by the US border feels lonely. The drizzle speaking in a stranger’s tongue conveys a loneliness that permeates my body.
M’entends-tu ? , 2 minutes, 2024, Isa Michaud
Are you listening ? layers archival film, local environment, French typography, pinhole photography and animation to convey a sense of taking control of the present as a Franco-Canadian living in Northern Ontario.
Papa Paquebot, 3 minutes, 2024, Isa Michaud
In a dream, I heard my father’s voice as clear as a bell. It describes our relationship that always seems to be like two freighters passing each other for a few moments.
Courtepointe, 2 min 44 secs, 2025, Isa Michaud
Archival footage from my wedding is quilted together with settler images from the 1930’s in Algoma, photos of a recent walk in the forest, and filtered in tones of light purples and greens that conveys a social sciences text book look. The mechanical sounds of a cassette player provide a sound context that summons the 1990’s in the mix.
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À propos de Nadine Arpin
Nadine Arpin is a 2Spirit, Red River, Michif filmmaker living in Sioux Lookout and is noted for telling stories that blur the lines between legend, memory and truth, using mix media, found footage and animation to create a hybrid cinematic experience. Their work has been screened at imagineNATIVE, Skabmagovat - indigenous peoples' film festival, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Garifuna International indigenous film festival, and Chicago's First Nations Film and Video Festival, to name a few. They have been producing short films since 2013, they recently worked with producer Ottie Lockey, on the documentary Eve Zaremba's Dyke Detective an Origin Story.
They take a collaborative approach and work with Northern Ontario communities, for example, they did a Near North Mobile Media Lab Instagram take over in 2019 and they developped a great mentorship project for the ice follies in n North Bay in 2023, the Landlines project, a poetry project done through recordings on phone lines.
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They also were part of a recent group exhibition 3 years ago, in Sudbury at the Galerie du Nouvel Ontario in Aberration// Apparition sharing wall space with Ray Fox, Cesar Forero, Tejhler Ib, Marni Marriott, Lucy Wowk and Alexander Rondeau.
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They were part of Femme Fest 2026, A screening of films by Women, Non-Binary & Two Spirit artists, in Saskatoon very soon, March 7th 2026. At the Regina Public Library Film Theatre.
