Documission · 24 July → 3 August 2026
Logbook
From deep nature to the international stage. A festival, gorges, raptors, a viaduct, an international headquarters, a cultural foundation. Scroll to explore.
9
stages
1 350
kilometres
2
countries
- D0
© Le Rêve de l'Aborigène D0 · 24 → 26 July
Le Rêve de l'Aborigène
Domaine de Soulièvre · Airvault
France · Deux-Sèvres
Xinu and Yaka on stage during the festival.
- D1
© France.fr D1 · Monday 27 July
Transit Airvault → Lozère
485 km · ~5h
Van convoy
Travelling shots, Mik + Maah van dialogue — why are we doing this. The landscape changes, the pace slows down. Scenery rolling past, Xinu watching Europe.
- D2
© Rémi Flament / Cévennes Gorges du Tarn D2 · Tuesday 28 July
Kayaking the Tarn Gorges
La Malène · Trouillas Campsite
France · Lozère
The flow of the living. River, kayak, conversations on the water. First real tensions: money, image, technology, sovereignty.
- D3
© photosdanimaux.fr D3 · Wednesday 29 July
Txana embodied — the birds of prey
Cubières · Grégory Chamming's
France · Mont Lozère
Narrative heart of the film. Xinu tells the story of Txana — the bird whose song carries wisdom among the Yawanawa — and the Eagle & Condor legend, in the presence of the Cévennes raptors. Cross-learning with Grégory.
- D4
© Benoît Colomb / CRT Occitanie D4 · Thursday 30 July
Point Sublime · 4 generations
Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac
France · Causse de Sauveterre
Metaphor of the 4 vultures. Intergenerational dinner at the family restaurant. A reflection on finding one's right place in the ecosystem.
- D5
© Viaduc de Millau D5 · Friday 31 July
The bridge — Viaduc de Millau
Millau · then 700 km to Martigny
France → Switzerland
Pivot of the trip. The viaduct as a symbolic passage: two worlds that the structure can hold together, provided it respects both shores.
- D6
© Dreamstime · Andean Quechua festival D6 · Saturday 1 August
FIFO — Mingling of the Txana
International Folkloric Festival of Octodure
Switzerland · Martigny
Encounters with other Indigenous delegations: Andes, Africa, Asia. The mission widens, the international network is woven.
- D7
© Mont Blanc Natural Resort D7 · Sunday 2 August
Altitude · Eagle and Condor
Chamonix · Valais
Switzerland · Alps
Contrast with the Tarn Gorges. A conversation about altitude and spirituality. Symbolism: Eagle of the mountains ↔ Condor of the forests.
- D8
© IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 D8 · Monday 3 August
IUCN Gland
IUCN World Headquarters · World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature
Switzerland · Vaud
Recognized as an international actor. Delegation from indigenous peoples of all continents. Discussion on data sovereignty, funding, indigenous governance.
- J9
© Musée Barbier-Mueller · Luis Lourenço J9 · Date to be confirmed
Closure · Barbier-Mueller Foundation
Musée Barbier-Mueller · Geneva
Switzerland · Geneva
Meeting with the leadership. A major international reference in indigenous collections, with 50 years of engagement. The foundation is opening a program of events with indigenous communities and partners — a rare synchronicity with the mission. Contact via Maah.
And perhaps at this place, the Eagle and the Condor can once again fly side by side. Together, opening the field of possibilities — a field yet to be imagined, proposed, co-created.