Breath (2013)
04:10 min
Breath explores the presence of the past as a residue that creates and informs the present. Memory and storytelling become intertwined, as do the paths of life and death. The past is memorialised in the present, seeping and echoing through landscapes, and told through stories that simultaneously become memories and fairytales. These memories are anchored in place, and activated by storytelling, implying the interplay between landscape and narrative as the meeting of the past and the present.
About the Artist
Jacqui Mills lives on Gadigal Country in Sydney. Her work explores memory, loss and the passing of time. She has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of performances, videos and installations with organisations including Carriageworks, Performance Space, Airspace Projects, the Malthouse Theatre and PACT Centre For Emerging Artists. She co-curated the 2018 ‘In Motion’ festival at Airspace Projects, Marrickville. She has been an artist-in-residence at Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland 2012; and the recipient of the Viktoria Marinov Award UNSW 2014, People’s Choice Award for Creative Corner Festival 2015, and received a Highly Commended Award in Hidden Rookwood Films 2019.