BETWEEN STOLEN BREATHS
VANESSA MACAULAY
PERFORMANCE TO CAMERA
ACCESS: V
This work is highly visual and does not contain text
How can I be alive if I can't breathe?
I know I'm being watched -
So I can't make a wrong move.
Are you scared of the dark?
I've found a space
A safe space?
But I don't know if I should let you in.
If I turn my attention out to the world, I can feel the heavy ache in my heart. I hold my breath, my body is tired.
To breathe goes beyond a simple biological function of life; it articulates a desire to exist in this body. Stolen Breaths is a performative ritual where movement is pushing, and stillness is breathing space. To sigh, gasp or pant is to know in my body the cost of air.
Created and performed by Vanessa Macaulay
Videographer: Rosie Powell
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