Please see exhibition and festival events below:
Waiheke Community Art Gallery 13 December - 5 January Opening celebration Friday 13 December at 6pm
Artist talk in the gallery at 3.30pm Sunday 15th December (before the screening)
There will also be a special screening of Alyx’s feature film The Red House, along with The Sea Inside Her, The Tide Keeper at Waiheke Cinema Screening at 4.30pm Sunday 15 December
Project 100 Whakatū Nelson 9 October - 1 November: https://www.project100.co.nz/upcoming-events/theseainsideher
Show Me Shorts, The Sampler Now screening nation-wide: https://www.showmeshorts.co.nz/attend/2024-programme/sessions/the-sampler
Art House Trust 24 July - 15 September: https://www.artshousetrust.co.nz/current-exhibitions/the-sea-inside-her
NZIFF screenings 11 Aug in Wellington, 18 August in Auckland: https://www.nziff.co.nz/2024/tamaki-makaurau-auckland/short-connections-2024
The work is a playful contemplation of western society's relationship with nature, being affected by it, affecting it, while holding onto the idea that we are somehow separate from it. Each piece depicts an older woman’s response to a wild animal encroaching on her domestic space. The works lean into movement and the fantastical within the mundane to connect with people on a visceral body-brain level. Utilising performers, puppets, household objects and paint the artists aim to create a lyricism within the space.
The concept was initiated by Pākehā artist and filmmaker Alyx Duncan and writer Michele Powles, in collaboration with producer Lani-rain Feltham. The moving image work is shot by Gin Loane and edited by Adam-Luka Turjak with art direction by Robin Rawstorne. The music is composed and performed by Francesca Mountfort with sound design and mix by Vedat Kiyici. Puppets are designed by Paul Lewis and performed by him, Alex Leonhartbserger and Michele Powles. The work features contemporary dance icon Kilda Northcott. Paintings by Alyx Duncan.
ARTISTS INVOLVED
PAINTER, FILMMAKER – Alyx Duncan https://www.alyxduncan.com
WRITER – Michele Powles https://www.michelepowles.com http://www.micheledewinton.com
PRODUCER – Lani-rain Feltham
EDITOR - Adam-Luka Turjak https://www.alukat.me
CINEMATOGRAPHER - Gin Loane www.ginloane.com
KILDA NORTHCOTT - Performer www.noted.co.nz/archive/archive-listener-nz-2006/the-muse
PAUL LEWIS - Puppet Design and Lead Puppeteer
ROBIN RAWSTORNE - Moving Image Art Director https://rawstornestudio.com
ALEX LEONHARTSBERGER - Dancer, Puppeteer
FRANCESCA MOUNTFORT - Composer www.francescamountfort.com
VEDAT KIYICI - Sound Designer www.envystudios.co.nz