HermiH

HermiH draws out a world not too far from our own,  a world in which the maternal, as a power in its own right is damned, as a result of which all else has fallen out of balance including humanity’s relationship to the erotic, manipulated in order to assert control.  Against this stands a visceral resistance.   The film was made using sections from a forthcoming novel of the same name as a score for the performers, acting as provocation, invocation and invitation for movement.

Disembodied hands emerge, and reach into a body alone in the dark.  The city’s water falls.  Bodies move into and across the other’s currents, questioning and dominating, merging and holding.  Comedy lances tragedy, and the feminine principle is stolen away. Is there any milk left to give ? And ultimately who is who? Humans bloom and fade as love  burns up into shadow.  

The  film was made by Lewis, with herself and Cattrall performing, joined by Archie Redford.