Welcome to Odyssey
Deep night - A Father and Son hurtle through a dark forest seeking refuge at a distant hut. The pair ride faster and faster trying to escape the wind, the cold and the darkness. Amongst the galloping, the Erlking, the Fairy King appears to the boy, beckoning him to come away with him. The Erlking is tempting and also dangerous. The boy tries to call to his father to tell him what he’s seen, looking for help, but his father does not hear him.
This story for us is told through a feminine lens and a female gaze.
This history is herstory.
We have used the Erlking mythology as a beginning point to unpack a story of masculinity in the 21st Century. The Erlking is a story of temptation, of how parents communicate with their children and how young people search for their voice. It’s also a message to young men on their attitudes in light of #metoo, and how effects of toxic and patriarchal values have affected other young people.
These are a series of short films, a series of gallery like portraits with differing perspectives. Some are spoken, some are sung, some are poetic and some spoken in an everyday voice.
How to enter ODYSSEY
We invite you to explore this page by clicking on different parts of the image. Embedded within the image are a series of films (7 in total). They are numbered but can be viewed in any order. You might choose to view them all (or just a few) at once or over a number of sessions. Each film is approximately 7-10 mins in length.
The films are intended to be seen through a portable device with headphones in an outside environment, a public place, a train station, a park, but that place is up to you.
