Tereza Stehlikova and I began filming our collaborative long form film poetry project in 2016, documenting the disappearance of industrial west London and all it’s intricate personal local intimate geographies. It continues to disappear and as such, we continue to film, for the sixth year. Following our premiere of the first cut of our film in 2020 at whitechapel gallery and our shared exhibition in 2021 at Willesden green library, we got back into the hot canals of Willesden green recently, and Tereza wrote this brilliant poetic prose blog about our explorations https://cinestheticfeasts.com/2022/06/01/trespassing-wormwood/
“We pass the Cargiant and head towards the canal. I film a man with an eclectic selection of junk who calls to me enthusiastically. Steve initiates a chat with a young man in a cafe which in the past has always been closed when we passed. Today it is actually open, fighting vigorously to survive in the midst of this fevered transformation of Wormwood towards an idea of middle class. They serve Steve oat milk with chocolate.”
also … Disappearing Wormwood (2020), will be shown as part of Chiara Ambrosio’s Raft: A fragile display programme at the Horse Hospital on Sunday 26th June. Check out the programme here: https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/city-theatres