Film, photography & concept by Gaynor Perry
with
Grethe Mangala Jensen
&
Deborah Griffin
Music
written & performed by Gaynor Perry
produced & performed by Noko 440
Grethe enters a state of hypnagogic consciousness
as she drowses on the branch of a fallen laurel tree.
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| Deborah Griffin |
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| Grethe Mangala Jensen |
In these hours
(soh)
batteries and hazel eyes
Without careful aim
we're blown
without careful aim
we’re here now
(toad)
Albion drawn in the ground
with a gemstone
a coiled shell
You are young
unbelieving
To live or grow
like Turing
an opponent
(soh)
We're here
so grow
You are young
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| Gaynor Perry |
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| Norman Fisher-Jones aka Noko 440 |
The day after we finished filming I walked back to the location and discovered this animal spine (above) strewn across my path. On closer inspection it may be a badger spine. There were no other bones nearby. Naturally, I reflected on how it got there. Did a dog or a fox dig it up and drag it there? What a mysterious offering.
The imagery for this body of work began with a photograph of Grethe resting on the branch of a fallen laurel tree. And now I can see a vine climbing one of the limbs, on the right-hand side, looking quite spine-like.
While this strange and timely motif seems integral to the piece, I don't have an explanation. Other than the spirit in which we approached creating this. A profound sense of the sacred spaces of our landscape and nature within, perhaps resonated somehow in the labyrinthian old heart of the land.
Who knows.
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Digby - farewell to this ethereal boy who departed for his next great adventure a month after taking this photo. |
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