The Widow

The Widow. Helsinki, Finland (2022). The Widow started life as a short film concept. Like grief itself, it has shape-shifted several times. Sometimes moving, sometimes still. Sometimes 3D and immersive, sometimes flat. A form of creative catharsis after my partner died. In early autumn of 2021, in the midst of loss I threw myself into the dour moods of the Finnish landscape. I played out the stereotypes and tropes of grief, both those I felt and those I had put onto me. Moving as one with nature as seasons came and went. Dancing in the liminal space between death and new life. Tracking my personal evolution. The messy route to rebirth. How I feel and how I am perceived. Creating my own world where I am both God and monster. Editing my own DNA.