Play (2009)
'PLAY' portrays the state-of-being arising during piano improvisation. Following a climactic trajectory, the film draws upon the metaphor of feminine jouissance to explore musical experience as an erotic/transgressive act, beginning with the sense of touch and increasing in intensity to full bodily participation. Through combining footage of dance and piano improvisation in an ambiguous manner, 'PLAY' explores music as a sensuous and essentially corporeal activity that results in a momentary illusion of symbiosis between body and instrument.
'PLAY' was made in collaboration with the video-artist Conan McIvor and the sound-artist Dave Bird.