Finding Home

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Main collection: Special Collections / Rare Books
Additional collections: Migration & belonging studies; Studies in landscape & place; Studies in language/communication (bilingualism); Cultural studies; Diaspora studies.
Rationale (why it fits): Finding Home is about migration, distance, and the search for belonging between two countries. An explosion box of images, folds, and small 3D‑printed houses contrasts Idaho’s wild light with enduring roots in Québec.

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Collection principale : Collections spéciales / Livres rares
Collections cibles : Études sur la migration & l’appartenance ; Études sur le paysage & le lieu ; Études en langue/communication (bilinguisme) ; Études culturelles ; Études sur la diaspora.
Justification: Finding Home porte sur la migration, la distance et la recherche d’un sentiment d’appartenance entre deux pays. Une boîte à explosion d’images, de plis et de petites maisons imprimées en 3D oppose la lumière sauvage d’Idaho aux racines durables du Québec.

Status: out of print — edition closed.
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  • edition of 3 copies, second edition of 3 copies

  • signed and numbered

  • 4 Turkish Map Folds

  • 4 x 4 x 4 inches

  • inkjet prints on Moab Lasal paper

  • explosion box

  • Canapetta red bookcloth over board

  • 3D-printed houses

  • photographs by Louise Levergneux

Held by:

  • Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives, Banff, Alberta

  • Evergreen State College, Olympia Campus Library, Tacoma, Washington

  • MacEwan University, John L. Haar Library, Edmonton, Alberta

  • Robert Bolick

  • Temple University, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • University of Rochester, Rush Rhees Library, Rochester, New York

  • University of Texas, Doty Fine Arts Library, Austin, Texas

Finding Home is a story about instability. I have moved several times in my life, yet I still long to be at home, to feel I belong and sense the spirit of a place.

Finding Home tackles the experience of living in Idaho while I’m still deeply rooted in Canada. Different elevations, latitudes, and longitudes between my home and where I live give rise to common elements: butterflies, snow, sunsets, and the Maple Leaf. Where I belong means more than the place I inhabit. The question remains—where do I belong?

Original self‑authored bilingual poem of Finding Home:

At home, the sun kisses the foothills and transforms the horizon with vivid colours.

Finding home… Where do I belong?

Longing to be back home, where the maple leaf soars above the hills and la langue française de la belle province is recognized,

Dreaming of home, I wake to the sounds of coyotes and live where the light shines till late — the days are long, the country wild and free,

A sense of place, a sense of belonging, je me souviens de la fleur de lys, my roots are deep, back and forth as a butterfly flitting across the miles.

Finding home… Where do I belong?

Statut : édition définitivement épuisée
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  • édité à 3 exemplaires, deuxième édition de 3 exemplaires

  • signés et numérotés

  • 4 pliages de carte turque

  • 10,2 x 10,2 x 10,2 cm

  • tirage à jet d'encre sur papier Moab Lasal

  • boîte à explosion

  • toile de reliure Canapetta rouge sur carton

  • maisons imprimées en 3D

  • photographies par Louise Levergneux

Déposé à :

  • Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives, Banff, Alberta

  • Evergreen State College, Olympia Campus Library, Tacoma, Washington

  • MacEwan University, John L. Haar Library, Edmonton, Alberta

  • Robert Bolick

  • Temple University, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • University of Rochester, Rush Rhees Library, Rochester, New York

  • University of Texas, Doty Fine Arts Library, Austin, Texas

Finding Home est un livre d’artiste sur la migration, la distance et la recherche d’un sentiment d’appartenance entre deux pays. Il aborde mon expérience de vivre dans l’État de l’Idaho alors que je reste profondément enracinée au Canada.

Une différence d’altitude, de latitude et de longitude entre ma maison et l’endroit où je vis, séparés par des milles et des milles, fait émerger des éléments communs : papillons, neige, couchers de soleil et feuille d’érable. Où j’appartiens devient plus que l’endroit où j’habite. La question demeure — est‑ce que je suis à ma place ?

Poème bilingue original de l'auteur « Finding Home » :

At home, the sun kisses the foothills and transforms the horizon with vivid colours.

Finding home… Where do I belong?

Longing to be back home, where the maple leaf soars above the hills and la langue française de la belle province is recognized,

Dreaming of home, I wake to the sounds of coyotes and live where the light shines till late — the days are long, the country wild and free,

A sense of place, a sense of belonging, je me souviens de la fleur de lys, my roots are deep, back and forth as a butterfly flitting across the miles.

Finding home… Where do I belong?