Tributaries, solo somatic performance, 2.06 min and 4.02 min, 2022
During my artist residency at Union House Arts in Newfoundland in the fall I came with a clear plan of how I was going to work with grief through making a series of watercolours. This is documentation of what happened when I realized I had no choice but to let go of plans and address the need for my body to release physical tension, anger and sadness in whatever way made sense in the moment and with as little judgement as I could muster. As the impacts of previous sexual trauma became unstuck I felt unhinged, unraveled and fragmented.
I set my phone up to record but since didn't intend this to be anything in particular I was able to mostly ignore the phone's presence. This is documentation of a very personal somatic exploration—it is not meant to be high quality video —I needed to work with what I had with no forethought or planning. Certainly trying for a quality film would have infringed on my process.
During my artist residency at Union House Arts in Newfoundland in the fall I came with a clear plan of how I was going to work with grief through making a series of watercolours. This is documentation of what happened when I realized I had no choice but to let go of plans and address the need for my body to release physical tension, anger and sadness in whatever way made sense in the moment and with as little judgement as I could muster. As the impacts of previous sexual trauma became unstuck I felt unhinged, unraveled and fragmented.
I set my phone up to record but since didn't intend this to be anything in particular I was able to mostly ignore the phone's presence. This is documentation of a very personal somatic exploration—it is not meant to be high quality video —I needed to work with what I had with no forethought or planning. Certainly trying for a quality film would have infringed on my process.
