Short FILM Like an Octopus by its Own Ink Erased

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Like an Octopus by its Own Ink Erased

by France Hervé

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Choreographic Opening - Octopus Project / Tapac Theatre Auckland / Research Residency

"Like an Octopus by its Own Ink Erased" Form 1 development research in Auckland... 

First images of a 3 week material exploration. 

A project written, directed and choreographed by France Hervé

Dancers/actors: Daniel Cooper, Eddie Elliott, Bianca Hyslop, Sean MacDonald,  Kilda Northcott, Paige Shand, Bert Van Dijk 

thanks to the choreographic assistance of Merenia Gray.

Working first at Wellesley Dance Studios for 10 days,  then 4 days at Tapac Theatre with Lighting Designer Lisa Maule, ending with a showing of material at this stage. 

Producer Jenny Stevenson 

Dorita Hannah as set and costume consultant, costume maker Elizabeth Whiting, 

Elekis Poblete Teirney and Stephen Bain, assisting in design, and projection. 

Photographer Jinki Cambronero and cinematographer Ed Davis came in final days to work with us. 

Like an Octopus by its Own Ink Erased - Auckland research

An old mother losing her memory gets her back tattooed with a Māori motif.
​What seemed to have no meaning for her divided sons will reveal after her death a deeper quest for unity.
After scattering her ashes into the sea, in exchange, the brothers will catch a vulnerable creature - once mythical, tangled up in plastic: an Octopus.

As a coming-of-age odyssey, the tale embraces Māori and Celtic references enriching the journey with different layers of symbolism and perceptions. 

If our central story deals with a topic that is close to people’s heart and concerns- memory loss and the impact on the families involved, suspended time and abstraction introduce a raw visual poetry to the parallel realities of the drama: the loss of our World Ocean.

"Like an Octopus by its Own Ink Erased" is a TRIPTYCH.
Three independent and interdependent forms ​
They can be seen individually as:
Form 1- Choreographic performance piece
Form 2- Cinematic work
Form 3- Inter-arts deployment
When viewed together they comprise one creation,
multi-layered and intertwined.