Pilgrim’s of the Wild – Directed by Michael Farnan in collaboration with Lori Blondeau and Adrian Stimson

Director of Photography: Clark Ferguson  Location Sound:  Jordan Poniatowski

Pilgrims of the Wild is a 40 minute collaborative gallery film, starring Lori Blondeau, Michael Farnan, and Adrian Stimson. The work was shot in and around the Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan. Among other things, the video explores the legacy of Grey Owl to National Park history, Canadian settler narratives, Indigenous – non Indigenous relationships, Canada’s colonial history, and decolonial aesthetic activism.

The work was created as part of Michael Farnan’s Studio based Ph.D in Visual Art and Culture. The project was called Representing Wilderness: Community, Collaboration, and Artistic Practice.