Sophie
Standford
About
A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
On paper
In sound

@hortus_silvam
Absent Presence Selected Works
When does holding on become self-destructive? 
These works are visual laments, exploring inter-generational aspects of loss.
Dialogues with my Father - an ongoing series
Moving Image, Sound, Works on paper
my Mother and Me
Moving Image
colour HD video animation 3’46” with stereo sound composition, 2023
PortraitMoving Image
colour and black and white HD video 1’42” with stereo sound, 2012-2021
One Hand Washes the Other
 Performance to camera
colour HD video 2’0” with stereo sound, 2020
Stabat Mater
Super-8mm film 
edited to  black and white HD video 0’50” with stereo sound, 1994-2021
/ˌpɛrɪˈmɛnəpɔːz/

Performance to camera, text
colour HD video 4’01” with stereo sound composition, 2020
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