Kadeem Parchment (he/him) is a filmmaker and photographer, currently working on a few short stop-motion film projects. He studied at George Brown College and started working with Lakeshore Arts in 2014. Kadeem continues to support the work LSA does because he likes the people, the environment, and learning something new.
Treasures of Ours
Timaj Garad
Mot
Presented by: Timaj Garad
Ethnicity: Ethiopian
These are wall ornaments called ‘mot’ from traditional Harari-Ethiopian basket weaving. Each mot also tells a story and has a function. Growing up, I used to help my mom arrange several mot on the walls of our dining room. Hararis use dining rooms as a place to both entertain guests and as a prayer space with usually only a rug and some pillows (no dining table) decorating the space, aside from the mot. Mot arrangement was a way to make a new space feel like home and make an old space new. For the women in my family, it was and still is a form of bonding through artistic curation.
Image taken by me.