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Katy Connor wrote:  ‘Skumring’ (Twilight) 2021 – a short film made with sound artist Shirley Pegna[43” excerpt] 16mm film frotage and exposure to ice, snow, rock, fjord, glacier. Field recordings of underwater sea ice and hailstorms. Katy Connor and Shirley Pegna both spent three weeks on a remote residency, in the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard during the month of October: a twilight time where the hours of daylight rapidly give way to the polar night.

We visited three years apart in 2015 and 2018 respectively. During this time global temperatures have soared while international leaders have ripped up prior agreements on climate change. Now world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP 26 we cant help but remember our experiences. Exposure to the effects of climate change, at such close proximity, leave lasting effects in the viscera, under the skin. When we look to nature and ourselves, remembering we are part of the eco system, we start to perceive processes that predate our existence.

A first draft of ‘Skumring’ was installed in Centre of Gravity Bristol (2020) and recently screened at  at    #SoundAround Kalingrad, Russia (2021) with #Beef Experimental and Expanded film.”https://www.katyconnor.net/

Photo Katy Connor

Installing the screen for the installation at Centre of Gravity Exhibition, Bristol.https://www.bestofbristol.co/listing/centre-of-gravity-exhibition/

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