"... Guided by choreographer Barbara Cuckson, I dance the transformation from clockwise circumpolar currents around Antarctica to the anticlockwise currents of the Arctic region. With bands of white paper taped around my head, wrists and ankles, the dance is video recorded under ultraviolet light. Animator Paul Fletcher then layers the light-traced gestures to reflect his experience of 'Flow' in our conversations with scientists and other artists, about the vital role of the Southern Ocean for human and planetary health."
"... “FLOW” - a perennial fascination for much timebased art of course
but in today's context many meanings, understandings of flow;
I was left thinking about
Flow of
ideas
Currents
Nutrients
Waste
Perspectives
Temperatures
Ice
Global ocean"
Stephen Taberner:
"...when we wander ...this music came about very directly... I looked at the images and played what I saw. quite soon there was a sense that was both nomadic and aquatic. so....I filled the sink with water and got to work with some saucepan lids and wine glasses..."
