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BIRGIR Helena Jonsdottir
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1 October, 2006 __________________________________________________________________ Icelandic filmmaker and choreographer, Helena Jonsdottir presented Birgir, a short film about a handyman from her native Reykjavik who felt inspired to dance beside the water's edge. This film was projected onto one of the large waterway buildings from the banks of the Trent and visible from the Boat Launch on Sunday 1 October.  Birgir learned of Helena’s profession and was anxious to share his creative ideas with her as he was taking dance classes himself. The film was the result of a collaborative project fuelled by the spark that was initially felt between the two artists. Passengers aboard the Hinterland Boat Launch viewed this film as a large scale projection and saw a very different landscape to the one that surrounded them on the Trent. Birgir was inspired to dance by glacial lakes and volcanic rocks, and this projection provides a portal to this unusually barren wilderness, common in Iceland. Other projects featured on the Hinterland boat trip included Lace, by Annette Foster; St Augustine Film & Installation by Samson Kambalu & Nathan Miller; Vexillology by Alain Ayers; The Long & Winding Road Film by Gareth Taylor; Freeze Film by Victor Simao; The Via Vaudeville! Residency Folly research film plus images from education projects led by Bo Olawoye. For more information about these projects visit the Tributaries page. |
