A father and daughter, living in a house burdened by generational memories of war, break out of the claustrophobic interior in an attempt to rebuild their relationship. locusts sits at this nexus of bodily, psychological and spatial memory...See moreA father and daughter, living in a house burdened by generational memories of war, break out of the claustrophobic interior in an attempt to rebuild their relationship. locusts sits at this nexus of bodily, psychological and spatial memory. It brings together real-life testimonies from the local community in the UK about the Second World War, whilst exploring the potential for individual and collective healing through processes of recollection and re-enactment. Throughout the work, we encounter these two characters locked in intimate gestures, actions, and stances: sleeping, dreaming, holding, supporting, hiding, swimming, drowning, and building. In tandem with their physical movements, fragments of recorded testimonies from local residents are vocalised through lip synchronisations. Written by
Joseph Constable
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