Y Chwarelwr
2015 - Director : Ball, Wren
Choreographer(s) : Ball, Wren (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Wren Ball
Y Chwarelwr
2015 - Director : Ball, Wren
Choreographer(s) : Ball, Wren (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Wren Ball
Y Chwarelwr
Directed, Choreographed, performed and edited by: Wren Ball
Music by: Katherine Betteridge
Filming by SSP Media: Osian Williams & Matthew Harris
Special thanks goes to Sally Mees for creating the mask and Ceri Rimmer for making the hood.
Y Chwarelwr (The Quarrymen) was shot in the now abandoned Welsh Quarry of Dinorwic on an a wet and stormy day. The film explores the power of a mask and how the body reacts to a new set of circumstances in an unforgiving landscape. While wearing the mask my perception of reality was altered and a sense of claustrophobia was felt. Movement became animalistic and minimal which in turn brought about a new way of responding to the external space that was not bound by predetermined steps or sequences. During the editing I wanted to further the sense of an alternate reality by introducing dream like sequences and psychedelic imagery.
Ball, Wren
Ball, Wren
Y Chwarelwr
Artistic direction / Conception : Réalisé, chorégraphié, interprété et monté par : Wren Ball
Choreography : Wren Ball
Interpretation : Wren Ball
Original music : Katherine Betteridge
Video conception : Tourné par SSP Media : Osian Williams & Matthew Harris
Costumes : Remerciements spéciaux à Sally Mees pour la création du masque et à Ceri Rimmer pour la capuche
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