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Pas-de-deux


colour HD video 19’33” with stereo camera sound, 2021
Location: Forest Garden, Suffolk
Yet a mysterious expectancy emerges from the ephemeral, rhythmic repetition of cycles and seasons, where time confuses and dissipates; Arion ater and Tandonia budapestensis perform a meditative, syanthropic ballet. The camera watches as their pas-de-deux unfolds forming a slow, minimalist, observational video accompanied by the sound of the location in that moment.

Pas de deux celebrates biodiversity; a driving force behind creating the forest garden.

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