GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
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GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE

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Thu 27 Apr 1:30 PM

CHEC Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Allocated Seating
Unclassified 15+
104 Mins | Jacquelyn Mills
April
Thu 27 Apr

Sun 30 Apr

Guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas', Geographies of Solitude is a poetic immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, a sliver of land off the Nova Scotia coast, measuring 30 by barely 2 kilometres.

Originally visiting as a young artist, Lucas has lived 40 years making a daily pilgrimage across Sable, collecting marine litter alongside the ecological data she studies. Filmmaker Jacquelyn Mills joins these daily walks, traversing the peaks and valleys, the sands, seasons and stars, alongside Sable’s famed wild horses, seals and more. As the two artists fall in step, they collaborate with the island itself, developing 16mm film through horse dung and algae, making music from the footsteps of beetles and documenting the evidence of the outside world that washes ashore as plastic. Their playful and reverent innovations chronicle the special connection between people and place, flora and fauna, and science and art, taking the audience on a refreshingly unique journey.

"Deliriously gorgeous.” – AFI 
April
Thu 27 Apr

Sun 30 Apr

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