Audrey and I, our histories tied

YEAR: 2022
MEDIUM: Essay film, 05:33 mins

This video is the story of a ghost bird whom I have named Audrey. She is small parrot made extinct when eaten out of existence by British colonists on Norfolk Island. By transforming myself into the extinct Norfolk kākā I engage in an attempt to bring her back to life, allowing her to consume me instead. Audrey & I, our histories tied asks in what ways we can confront the terrors of the past to reflect on impending terrors of the future?

Credits
Camera: Alex Wight.
Produced for: ‘Impossible Stories; Linking Colonial Collections and Climate Change through Critical Fabulation’ symposium at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam.

Screenings and exhibitions
‘Hybrid Dialogues’, Punt WG, Amsterdam
‘Afterlives’, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague