Voyage à la Mer

Filmed all over Japan in October 2010 and 2022, the moving images captured here are the visual support for Canadian musician, author, producer, and composer Alex Henry Foster's latest albums Kimiyo and A Measure of Shape and Sounds. Formerly the frontman for Juno Awards nominee Your Favorite Enemies, Foster released his first solo album Windows in the Sky in 2018. NME described it as a "dreamy blast of post-rock." He toured heavily in Europe and played festivals like the Montreal Jazz Festival. Earning critical acclaim and fans in the process.

After one tour and in-between records, Foster had to undergo heart surgery and found himself "completely out of sync." After the long recovery, he contacted Montreal-based artist Ben Lemelin and traveled back to Japan with artist Momoka to craft a visual album and accompanying records. He writes “The motion picture was highly significant for me. From the get-go, I knew I wanted those images to carry their own narratives, to tell their own stories, to communicate their own emotions. I definitely thought the different paintings it visually offers were rich enough." A firm believer in transformative movement, Foster intertwines black and white with moments in color. He features images of fans and friends who joined him in a funeral back in 2010, and stunning visuals of Japan then and now.