Imprinting successive layers of time in a ritual of repeated gestures, active attention, walked paths, shifting seasons, and cycling years, Dans les cieux et sur la terre combines the alchemical potential of photochemical film with the ritual of the filmmaker's performance. Filmed over 7 years in the neighbourhood around the filmmaker's Montreal home, a foundational local monument meets fleeting traces of urban flora. Bipacked with travelling mattes, the vibrant reversal filmstrips pass many times through the camera's gate, sedimenting layers of time