<![CDATA[TEMPORARY COMMONS - SURA MEDURA]]>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:35:19 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[week 5 & 6]]>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:51:29 GMThttps://www.temporarycommons.com/sura-medura/week-5-6Agrarian industry
an intimate theatre experience for an audience of one
celebrating the resilience of traditional industry, where each scrap of produce is tirelessly transformed and waste is not a word uttered.

words, images and installation: emma-brierley.com
audio design: sleepdogs.org
sinhala translation: kanchuka dharmisiri & sumith chaaminda
project documentation: stillmotion.co.uk

teaser trailer to follow soon.
Temple of the coconut
an intimate theatre, performance art installation
an absurdist response to the religious riots in kandy, sri lanka in march 2018

All the gods left this place some time ago
weary of our fractious fighting
all we have now is trade and agriculture
food, a precious commodity
we turn to it's elusive magic for guidance in this time of great strife

words / images and installation: emma-brierley.com
audio design: sleepdogs.org
performers: emma brierley, subathra subramaniam and tanuja amarasuriya & tim x atack of sleepdogs
]]><![CDATA[week four]]>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:20:59 GMThttps://www.temporarycommons.com/sura-medura/week-fourbuilding a diorama from the gathered visuals, poetry and field recordings to create a miniature toy theatre installation.
audio design by sleepdogs.
]]><![CDATA[WEEK three]]>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 10:32:17 GMThttps://www.temporarycommons.com/sura-medura/week-three11. GADALADENIYA TEMPLE (14TH CENTURY), KANDY
10. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, KANDY
9. ESTATE FARM, YAKKALA
8. PORT, COLOMBO
7. SPICE MILL, HIKKADUWA
]]><![CDATA[WEEK TWO]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:06:29 GMThttps://www.temporarycommons.com/sura-medura/week-two6. COCONUT OIL MILL, AMBALANGODA
"the oil mill - 21.2.18"
CAST IRON WITHSTOOD TSUNAMI,
AS SEA RIPPED OVER CORAL MINED COAST,
AWAITING A TIME WHEN WORKERS WOULD RETURN

5. PAPER FACTORY, wellawatha
“the paper factory - 20.2.18”
TO TRACE THIS PLANT'S ANCESTRY WOULD BE QUITE THE FEAT
ONE BLOOM OF FRUIT,
ROOTS URGing NEW LIFE, WHILE TRUNK IS CHOPPED,
BOILED, PRESSED PAPER THIN

4. RICE PADDIES & RICE MILL, gonapinuwala
“THE rice MILL - 19.2.18”
WE ALL WEAR A FINE COAT OF RICE ALONG OUR LUNGS,
AS EACH HUSK FALLS
FROM BAG, TO BUCKET, TO MILL AND BACK AGAIN

3. FISHING VILLAGE, DODANDUWA
"DAWN - 19.2.18"
salted shoulders haul timber then nets
while gills rest, silent upon ice, melting quick as it can
the only eager return to sea
]]><![CDATA[week one]]>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:14:25 GMThttps://www.temporarycommons.com/sura-medura/week-one2. SUNDAY FOOD MARKET, HIKKADUWA
"WEIGHING SCALE - 18.2.18"
sustenance
in bowls and well used notes

1. COCONUT TWINE YARD, HIKKADUWA

“FATE – 15.2.18”
RHYTHMIC HANDS AND INDUSTRIOUS TEETH STRIP HUSKS
THEIR HARD CASINGS CHURNED, THEN SPUN TO VARIOUS GRADES
AND A PROTECTIVE PURPOSE REMAINS IN EACH FIBRE

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this project beginS with THE documentation of fishing and agricultural practise in sri lanka, meetING with workers and academics, EXPLORING the island's relationship'S with PRODUCE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIES AND EXPORT.
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