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Caught Between Waves: Performing a Story (2017) Current Monkey Chimes (2015) View The Sea, The Sails and the White, White Blades (2014) View Clyde Reflections (33:12, 2014) View Mapping the Sea: Barra (09:00, 2013) View Dead Reckoning (13:20, 2012) View Sublime Residency, Cromarty (2012) View Sea - Stars - Tears (2013) View
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Caught Between Waves: Performing a Story (2017)

Caught Between Waves: Performing a Story is based on an incident where I got into difficulty in a strong current in the sea off Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

I tell the story, accompanied by video stills, of my thoughts and memories before and during my struggle with the sea. It also features raw video footage that I unwittingly recorded of the whole event on my GoPro. The personal, subjective account and the objective, digital material combine to create a fuller picture of a difficult and affecting experience.

I play a bamboo-harmonium* at the beginning, whilst wearing a mask and snorkel, and again to mark the end.

These photos are from a performance event and group exhibition, in Graz, Austria, that I participated in with three other Suramedura Residency artists; Samson Ogiamien (Nigeria/Austria), Stefanie Ogiamien (Austria) and Martin Janicek (Czech Republic).

Thanks to Peter Purgar in Graz for the photos.

*a harmonica fitted inside a section of bamboo (that I made for a performance in Sri Lanka whilst undertaking a Suramedura residency in 2015)

© Stephen Hurrel
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