Director | Susanna Wallin
The grass and the hills shall break into singing
all the trees of this mud shall clap their hands
flowers shall flow and gather momentum
folding their bloom onto water and lands
the clouds in this river shall listen closely
to the sound of water taking licks from the sky
circles will grow from tongues in the making
passing gator and turtle and ducks as they fly
my word will be such that it goes out of my mouth
it shall speak to ears that will hear it
like a willing from far finding its way
until it can say I am near it
it shall burrow its way into the ground
up through a bush of flowers
riding the wind across heaths of grass
now with additional powers
gathering figure gathering ground
gathering earth and sky
gathering mortals gathering gods
and untying the tongues that tie
like a willing from far willing its way
willing a voice that says I
About the director:
Susanna Wallin is a Swedish born artist and filmmaker based between London and Tampa, Florida. Her work spans moving image, sound, performance and text and engages questions about how time is perceived, lived and acted attentive to what emerges in hesitation, unpredictably and open ended while directing as well as letting occasions invent their own lure. Her award-winning films have appeared in venues such as MOCA LA, American Cinematheque, The Barbican, The BFI, Whitechapel Gallery and ICA, London.