'stitch-paper-stitch' presents a dialogue between voice and image.

 

The 'stitch' of the title bears the ancient role of the storyteller - weaving a conversation for a girl and her empowerment.

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Central to the film is a spoken poetic that unfolds through the tone and rhythm of the slowly emerging image. The girl converses with herself through the activity of drawing. A material encounter is created, where textures from the image support and disperse around the voice.

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This work was performed as a final MA performance in 2014 at BCU. With sincere thanks to Ana Rutter.

 

It has since been shared in 2015 at the Drawing Conversations Conference, Coventry University, reflecting upon collective and collaborative drawing practices. A one day symposium alongside the exhibition Drawn Conversations. Considering the nature and characteristics of a range of drawing processes which are enacted through collaboration and collective imaging. Coventry University Visual Arts Research Group – Led by Jill Journeaux and Juliet Simpson.

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