I Am Not Static is a period of research for Jemima to explore curiosity and to test out collaboration with other artists. Using the mediums of movement, photography and the moving image, I Am Not Static is an intimate exploration of falling and recovery. Jemima is delighted to be researching some of this with the incredible Camilla Greenwell.
Thanks to the emergency relief fund from Arts Council England and some excellent support from the DCD (Dance Career Development Trust who offered dancers free coaching during lockdown with brilliant life coach Isabel Mortimer), Jemima has been able to take a creative pause, to get curious, not in relation to others. As a parent, carer and life-partner, that doesn’t happen often. Like, ever.
And now, the beginnings of a stirring, an uncurling.
Slowly, slowly and tentatively following a newfound curiosity with what there is.
Some Words:
empty
Free fall. the ground has fallen
sudden loss of.
contact
creative community disorientating
confusing. echo
hibernation.
unhelpful. Time out.
social media
cancelled.
actually.
seeing the work
of comrades
in captivity.
Before creation comes
gestation. I need to
disconnect
listen.