Steve and I have returned to our haunts after almost a year. It has been an interesting experience for me: having become something of an outsider in this previously local place, I have a feeling my perspective is shifting. It's hard to say what exactly it means in terms of my attention. But Wormwood has... Continue Reading →
New Normalities in Wormwood
There is something about those sweltering hot days, as the air stands still, enveloping us by a sense of unreality or hyperreality, like moving around one of those pictures in "frozen time effect". Something about the different time scales being out of synch with each other. The whole experience of walking with Steve yesterday felt... Continue Reading →
State of Wormwood
This is the latest edit from the ongoing Wormwood project, in collaboration with poet Steven J Fowler. This film is a brief meditation on Wormwood in times of coronavirus... https://vimeo.com/404939186 Filmed in London on 31st March 2020, edited on 7th April 2020
Wormwood in times of Covid-19
Wormwood in the days of the coronavirus Today I ventured on an exploration of Wormwood, at a time of the pandemic and London under lockdown. This little walk is my day's exercise. I wanted to see how the area transformed, at this particular time. The path by the canal was busy enough. People going about... Continue Reading →