The Line Between Two Shadows
@ George Jones Memorial Farm, December 2023
Projection
Stills
Tree Instruments
Methods of transportation
Score
Fiber webs/ performance spaces
A piece on the narratives that grow from paths of walking; that are embedded and repeated through traditional folk song.
And an exploration of the material interactions between performer and instrument. Which body is acting and which is resonating? Where might these categories cross?
Inspired by a folk song about two sisters, human bodies, and instrument bodies:
Two lovely sisters were a-walking side by side. Oh the wind and rain. One pushed the other into the water so deep, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.
She floated on down to the miller's mill pond. Oh the wind and rain. She floated on down to the miller's mill pond, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.
He hooked her out by the tail of her gown. Oh the wind and rain. He hooked her out by the tail of her gown, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.
He made fiddle strings of her long black hair. Oh the wind and rain. He made fiddle strings of her long black hair, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.
He made fiddle screws of her long finger bones. Oh the wind and rain. He made fiddle screws of her long finger bones, and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.
The only tune the fiddle would play was "Oh the wind and rain". The only tune the fiddle would play was "Oh the wind and rain", and she cried a dreadful wind and rain.