Nereids in an underwater dance film.
In Greek mythology, Nereids are female spirits of the ocean, associated with the Mediterranean sea. Goddesses of the sea’s rich bounty and protectors of sailors and fishermen, coming to the aid of those in distress. Individually they represented various facets of the sea from the salty brine, to the sea foam, sand, rocks, waves and currents.
This video installation reflects the mythologizing of females in European mythology, but also our deep relationship to water. Water and liquidity are essential to human survival and fertility, this work aims to highlight the interconnectedness of water, women (the female) and life.
"Water extends embodiment in time –body, to body, to body. Water in this sense is facilitative and directed towards the becoming of other bodies. Our own embodiment, as already noted, is never really autonomous. Nor is it autochthonous, nor autopoietic: we require other bodies of other waters (that in turn require other bodies and other waters) to bathe us into being" (Neimanis, 2016:3).
A film by Kerstin Möller.
Concept & Realisation: Kerstin Möller & Minou Polleros
In collaboration with the National Marine Aquarium Plymouth
Camera: Minou Polleros, Kerstin Möller, Anthony Askew, Paul White Sound recording and post-production: Sebastian Hau-Walker and Kerstin Möller Editing and post-production: Kerstin Möller Performers: Christine Borch, Minou Polleros, Alys North Location manager: Emma Martin, Lifeguard: Alys North All photos by: Peter Griffith
Screened at:
Potential Spaces Conference ZKM Karlsruhe, (GER)
LungA international Arts Festival, Seyðisfjörður, (IS)
Concourse Festival Dartington Hall (UK)