An adaptation of YLEM(2020), this film began as a way to pay respect to a work that never had the chance to be shown due to the 2020 Pandemic. This work was collaboratively created by Shenandoah harris and Ryan Howard.
Sylkies works to transport the audience to a dreamlike space. Viewing the lake as a primordial soup landscape to remind the audience how the human body moving through space shares so much in common with Mother Nature.
This work was shot on analog film as a response to the exponentially digitized world we are living in. Using physical media is a hallmark of Ryan Howard's artistic voice as he is always seeking to create a more tactile relationship with the artistic process.
This film is in opposition to the highly edited and easily consumable forms of dance that exist on social media. Both Ryan and Shenandoah aim to create a pathway to a more grounded and reflective experience of consuming art.