a paperweight for silence
2022
a paperweight for silence is a movement and sound meditation on time and place. A fragmented movement score, recorded sound, and flashes of darkness are employed to portray the sense of stillness that’s burrowed within the passage of time, memory, and longing.
We watch the figure move seemingly with intention, but never leave her place on the floor. Her steadied attention is both internal and external, blending any perception of what might be provoking such slow, methodical movement of her posture. The soundscape is ordinary, but it’s unclear whether the sound is coming from another room just out of sight, or happening in some innerworld.
Flashes of darkness fragment the movement score, suggesting the passage of time. The sound cuts out abruptly into complete silence and in her final movements, she places her ear to the ground.