ROSE BOND

Summaries from film installation during Lost Mythologies, March 2020

Nexus (1984)
6 minutes, Color/Sound
35 mm Direct Animation

Woven images set the stage for a woman’s vision of discovery. Drawn and painted directly on 35mm film, Nexus explores connections between art and nature through symbols and patterns associated with ancient matricentric cultures. Zimbabwe marimba music performed live by Seattle-Based Sukutai provides upbeat accompaniment to this evocative piece as images metamorphose from abstract pattern to natural realism with joyous artistic ease.

Gaia’s Dream (1982)
3 minutes, 16mm color sound
Direct Cameraless Animation

Gaia’s Dream is a vivid animated film made by drawing and painting directly on 16mm clear film. Emerging from images which suggest primordial beginnings, a running horse becomes the focus of this rhythmic and abstract animation. At its climax, the horse is transformed and takes flight before disappearing into the sun from which it came. The musicians of Seattle-Based Gwinyai performed their traditional Shona music as they watched the film.