interview
Women Cinemakers vowel. Its essence speaks about the dialectics of repetition and change, of eternal return in difference. It recalls our motion in the Cosmos, we are part of this enormous spiral and the echo of it is visible in our fingerprint and in our DNA. The third tableau of Solar Ring is called “Voda. Light. Katharmon. Myein” and I am diving with the camera into the Adriatic sea. “Voda” means “water” in Croatian and its sound reminds me of the feeling of a thirst quenched. The change of the element and the environment (from an interior into the nature) marks the shift in the journey of the character who reaches a different level in her personal evolution. There is strong sunshine and reflections of it in the water that influence both the performance and the viewer.It ends with the state of peacefulness, as the body is moved by the sea. ‘Katharmon’ comes from ancient Greek and stands for purification and in this piece symbolises the dissolving of the past and a diving into the new. Its a liberation from the slavery of toxic habits. “Myein”, also ancient Greek, means 'to close' (lips or the eyes) - evoking a sense of secrecy. Featuring such an effective combination between abstraction and well- orchestrated choreography, SOLAR RING involves the audience in a voyeuristic and heightened visual experience, questions the concept of the motion of the mind, urging them to challenge their perceptual categories to create personal narratives: what are you hoping SOLAR RING will trigger in the spectatorship? In particular, how much important is for you to address the viewer's imagination in order to elaborate personal associations? As I just explained in the previous answer, our minds can play tricks on us and it was my intention to bring the spectator into the character’s world so they could relate and connect with their own personal interpretation. Filming directly from the hand, the