Km+tkinu (Homeland)

An original poem by shalan joudry, re-voiced as 13 languages interwoven together to tell this story. The poem’s meditations on grief, truth-seeking, and communal healing are echoed in the landscape’s own healing. The poem was translated into other languages so that there are a total of thirteen - to fit on the back of a turtle.

Translators and voices include: Tamim Arabi (Arabic), Christina Sai Yin Chui (Cantonese),  paulo da costa (Portuguese), Gurinder Dhillon (Punjabi), Andor Gjesdal (Norwegian - vocals), Leah Horwood (Norwegian - translation), Yuki Inoue (Japanese - translation), shalan joudry (original poem and vocals), Sabina Kasheke (Swahili), Irene Kasianov (Russian), Lodaidh MacFhionghain (Gaelic), André Muise (Acadian French), Opolahsomuwehs (Wolastoqey), Arlene Stevens (Mi’kmaw - translation and vocals), Barbara Sylliboy (Mi’kmaw - translation), and Atsuko Tomita (Japanese - translation and vocals).

(The thirteen written versions will be compiled into a forthcoming book published by Running the Goat Books and Broadsides.)