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Maelstrom Under Glass

A DadaFest Commission filmed during lockdown

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… You tear my body with a look… ruptured, refracted surfaces

A sad, foggy reckoning.

My hot rage. Bound, mute glass.

Maelstrom Under Glass, calls upon several strands of intimacy as pathways to trauma-healing to offer up dynamic spaces of repair. Alexandrina’s vivid, multidisciplinary layers of movement, bio-mythographical texts and collage speak to retrieving oneself from sites of harm.

This film is 12m27s.

BSL, sound captioned and audio described versions available.

To book screenings for Maelstrom Under Glass, or any other Yewande 103 digital works please contact production@yewande103.com

Maelstrom Under Glass Clip

A light-skinned Black person lies on a blue-agate floor. They are wrapped in blue tulle material.

A light-skinned Black person with a shaved head moves in front of gold and white background.

A light-skinned Black person with a shaved head moves in front of gold and white background.

A naked light-skinned Black person lies on a blue-agate floor. They are wrapped in blue tulle material.

A naked light-skinned Black person lies on a blue-agate floor. They are wrapped in blue tulle material.

A light-skinned Black person with a shaved head moves in front of turquoise background.

A light-skinned Black person lies on a blue-agate floor. They are wrapped in blue tulle material.

A light-skinned Black person with a shaved head moves in front of gold and white background.

A light-skinned Black person with a shaved head moves in front of gold and white background.

A naked light-skinned Black person lies on a blue-agate floor. They are wrapped in blue tulle material.

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People Involved

Choreographed and performed by Alexandrina Hemsley
Text: Alexandrina Hemsley
Filming: Alexandrina Hemsley with support from David Archer and Katarzyna Perlak
Editing: Katarzyna Perlak
Sound Design: Rebekah Ubuntu
Production: Nancy May Roberts
BSL: Dionne Thomas and Diverse Signs
Captioning: David Archer and Nancy May Roberts
Technical and Production support: DadaFest

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