Darkness: She was the Universe*
Ben Harriott and Amanda Russell
Digital film, 6 minutes 45 seconds, Summer 2021
This film was made as part of mayfield brooks' and Mary Pearson's interdisciplinary dance project, How to Be Afraid?, which investigates the afterlife of the transatlantic slave in relation to body, time and space. This work was co-commissioned by dance artist Eleanor Sikorski (with support from Arts Council England), Dancing Museums 2 and Dance4, and created during a residency on the site of Newstead Abbey in July 2021.
Garments designed and made by Alena Kudera.
*Title inspired by Lord Byron's poem Darkness.