Off the back of screening Worm Wood at the Whitechapel Gallery this january 2020, Tereza Stehlikova once again headed to industrial west london to document, and interact with, the strange environs of willesden junction and the grand union canal.

It was a swampy, murky, sweltering day. We saw clouds in the distance of a fire we couldn’t find. For the first time ever we could see the canal water clean through, with fish shoals and thick waterweeds. Cyclists ignorantly drove past us at reckless speed. We traced the route we’ve down so many times, for the first time, filming, in 2020, from Mitre Bridge, over to Hythe Road and around Car Giant, dipping in and out of alleyways and tunnels. I had on my flimsy breathing mask, walking stick and parrot outfit and though we were somehow tracing old steps, it felt new, full of the usual unexpected minor idiosyncrasies and weird melting boiling summer heads.

You can find out more about the film here www.stevenjfowler.com/wormwood