ANNE BERTRAND
Exploration
The title speaks for itself; the project that I propose is a deep exploration of public high school in the Laurentians area in Quebec, CA. Cap Jeunesse high school was the second option that was given to me when I finished my sixth grade. It was located at two steps from my house and was the choice of all my friends from elementary school. But it was and it’s still an institution that carries a heavy reputation due to it’s rough clientele stocked with learning and behavior issues: the reality of the public sector.
So, I attend private school: Académie Lafontaine, at the opposite side of the city. I heard a lot about Cap when I was there because of my friends with whom I kept in touch, I also frequently frequented its surroundings because of my bus transfer and I coached the local swimming team at its adjacent pool, but I never venture myself further. I was ignoring the smell of its hallways, the color of its walls, the lightning of its classrooms, until recently when I started my visual and interrogatory route.
With Exploration, I find this lost fantasy, but protected from the movement and activity of a normal day. I like to find myself completely alone with places, not to be disturbed by anyone and wander at my rhythm to discover and analyses what I see at its most simple expression.