visiting deshkan ziibi audio river walk

Recorded over several walks along the Deshkan Ziibing or Antler River (colonially referred to as the Thames in London, Ontario), Visiting Deshkan Ziibi invites listeners to walk alongside the river ‘with’ the artist. Crossing the temporalities and physical locations of multiple visits, Nault utilizes the current ease of access to streaming or downloading audio on personal devices to share stories, reflections, and observations, as though they were visiting the river alongside listeners. The artist’s relationship to other beings as relatives and teachers with enmeshed lives and futures, gently invites those visiting Deshkan Ziibi with them to reflect on the river, the land, and relationships to both human and non-human beings.

While imagined and recorded as audio, this work is also available in transcript form as both a physical or digital zine. Streaming and download formats will be available and linked below as of July 26, 2023.