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Agrarian 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
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building a diorama from the gathered visuals, poetry and field recordings to create a miniature toy theatre installation. audio design by sleepdogs. 11. GADALADENIYA TEMPLE (14TH CENTURY), KANDY 10. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, KANDY 9. ESTATE FARM, YAKKALA 8. PORT, COLOMBO 7. SPICE MILL, HIKKADUWA 6. 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 2. 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  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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