with Siobhan Murphy
Strand is a dance video created by Siobhan Murphy, Michaela Pegum and myself. The work emerged from our previous trips to Lake Tyrell where the dancers were inspired to return and make a piece specifically in response to the environment. Making dance in the landscape is particularly vexed but something all three of us are particularly interested in.
Through a number of conversations we came up with the structure and overarching thematic approach then went our separate ways whilst the dancers cooked up the choreography. I shot it and then edited it with lots of input from Siobhan and Michaela. Siobhan also made a vital contribution to the soundtrack.
Although our roles and specialities were quite distinct, we considered the work a real three-way collaboration.
Paea
This is Siobhan Murphy's Alice with black mattress, Riddells Creek, May 2019. Siobhan is the choreographer, director, chief editor (I co-edit with her, just working to tighten as a last pass - very collaborative, not supervisory!), I shot it with a coupl eof extra crew we hired and we did the sound design together - Siobhan is amazing at foleying dance, it has proven impossible for us to get good location sound of breath and footsteps.
Siobhan McKenna
This skin between us