Dreamtime- exploring light and time

dreamtime from kyra clegg on Vimeo.



This was a collaborative project between Sculptor/ filmmaker Kyra Clegg and myself.
It was inspired originally in part by a workshop and talk we both attented by a pair of artists who work in New Zealand..Edwards and Johan....(.they work with place and costume. recording their work on film)...but took on a life of its own when we worked in an empty studio with light....and a variety of props and costume and light.......and explored the idea of time seen as if in a dream.

The dance moves in this piece have had a number of influences......Martha Graham yes...I did Graham technique as a student.....and I really love the strong line of Graham technique...and the costume choice of one pieceof Dreamtime is reminiscent of a small section of her work..set to Aaron Copland's music   Appalachian Spring   interesting that she like McLaren used Folk song and dance in her work.

Looking again at this work I still love her sense of space form and line....

 Back to our film, Dreamtime

It has been a joy to work with somone new on a collaboration, and Kyra and I seem to allow each other a freedom to explore when we work. This is just a beginning...I hope we will take the project on.
This new edit will be at PVAF exhibition...Encounters with Time...in Perth Theatre in the next month or so.

Something about the quality of the light in the window ...the solo with the hands opening the shutters.....reminded me  a little of pastel colours.and the effect they give..such as the light quality McLaren achieves on C'est L'Aviron. ( Part of a series of pastel animation he created to French canadian Folk Songs)

I like the dream like quality of this work
McLaren is regarded as the inventor of pastel animation technique