Ode (2017)
Ode
Natalie Baird & Jillian Groening
Single channel video
7 min2017
Ode explores the perception of stillness in loved ones living with dementia. Bodies reverberate in subtle fragments, building to a hum. By combining corporeal actions with an intentional gaze the work creates a shared interior experience. From there, we can begin to understand the enduring agency held during declining health.
Filmmaker Natalie Baird and dancer, performer, and writer Jillian Groening come together totranslate fleeting moments into recorded motion. Their work explores notions of the body as an archive, the ephemerality of memory, and the vulnerability inherent in expression and communication.
Music by Gilad Carroll
Supported by the Video Pool Media Arts Centre New Artists in Media Arts grant
Installions & Screenings
2018 WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Revisions, PLATFORM Centre, Winnipeg, MB