Seeking Bearman (2024) performance and two-sided screenprint. Ed. 700
From the parkland of Northwest Saskatchewan emerges something you can't quite see. Look with me. Strain your eyes. Come closer. Let me tell you the Legend of Bearman.
Seeking Bearman was presented at Nuit Blanche YXE 2024.
Hotline Messages
“Hi there. So, I've seen something in the woods and I needed to call this number about it because I think it's probably what you've been seeing. I've been seeing a figure with glowing red eyes, maybe large wings, fish net stockings. Mm. If you have, let's connect. Bye.”
“I'm a 28 year old barber from Saskatchewan with Filipino skin with freckles on my face. I like to dance and I also like to sing but I sing like Frank Sinatra if he was deaf. Um I hope all is. Well, I miss you and I really need you to call me back. Bye bye.”
“I'm not ready for that, man.”
“And the fantasy of ending and all the Children are gone. Something deep inside me helps me to carry on. I ate some bugs. I ate some grass. I use my hands to wipe my tears to kiss your mouth. I break my vow. No, no, no, no, no, no way. Jose. Unless you want to then or break our vows together and could not see your heart.”
“So anything else? Why are you, what is this? I saw some big black balls in the bush the other day.”
“I saw what might have been a werewolf in the woods.”
“I did see one time a sasquatch in the woods and it was really crazy. Uh, I don't know exactly. I know that they are like spiritual beings that are supposed to lead you in certain directions. But I couldn't tell if it was a fast watch or a, uh, a bear who was far and fast moving. Anyone else be moving. I don't usually go in the woods that much. Katrina. I don't know if I've ever been in the woods. Uh, so possibly the sasquatch or a bear. I have also seen, I've looked for the ogo pogo every time I go, but I never see him. Never. My dad recently saw Cougar. But, oh, that's cool. They googled it and it was a Cougar child, child, a child. Uh, what else did I see? I've seen like Mink, I've seen boxes. I've seen the one the other day I saw a raccoon being chased by crows and the crows are all swooping down. I am, I have seen crows and, uh, and eagle fight. That sounds unexplainable. That's true. Who knows why? Why were they fighting? I don't know. Well, thank you. Thank you for your time. Yeah. Have a good day.”
“Hi, I saw your poster, uh, downtown or Broadway, Saskatoon. Um, I haven't seen something in the woods per se but I am very interested in what you've seen. Um, I, if I do see anything I'll make sure to call this number again and I hope you just have a wonderful day. Very interesting, uh, flyer and very interesting message. Thank you. Have a good one.”
“Hey. Um, I've been camping outside, like, half an hour to the city with my family for like, about a week and I, I don't know, they went to go pick something up, they haven't come back and there's this deer outside. I just recently noticed he's been getting up and walking on his back legs. I don't know. I feel like, really? Oh, shit. Oh, shit.”
“Hold on.”
“I can't.”
“Yeah, I was, I was, um, in the woods earlier and I saw a naked old lady. It was just a couple of days ago. Call me back.”