About
A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
On paper
In sound
@hortus_silvam
Super-8mm black and white film
edited to single channel HD video
composed soundtrack
1993-2022
Duration: 1’52”
Performer: Tom Noone
Guitar: Torrin Williams
Location: London
All you can see
running to the edge of a choreographed circle
expending the energy of youth
to keep up with hands that beat time.
Where breath is arrested, and beyond
lies the incessancy of a Tango
The dancer dances without plot or strategy,
without intimacy or interaction.
The steps are led but the camera struggles to follow.
In this indistinct, melancholy scene, even the forlorn,
plaintive guitar plays a disjointed, aimless Tango
which is abruptly disconnected.