Angela Davies

Moon Rising, 2025

Single Channel Film 14:22

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Site-specific performance - Pen Llyn, Wales

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Set against the backdrop of abandoned Welsh fishing coves, Moon Rising is a coastal exploration that bridges maritime history with a performance shaped by labour and the cycles of nature. Intertidal rhythms move with the body of the performer—surges of life bound by celestial influence that speak to our shared connection to the sea. A bond expressed through elemental cycles of breath; of fertility, and of emergence. By shifting focus between human experience and the more-than-human world, the film seeks to confront industrial extraction through a material and symbolic relationship with salt; an element holding the power to preserve, heal, and transform. 

 

The film serves as a reflection on memory and loss, inviting us to reconsider our relationship with a fragile ocean and imagine new possibilities for our collective future.

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The sonic score derived from early tidal data is layered with vocals and harp of the 18th century Welsh Folk song Tra Bo Dŵr Y Môr Yn Hallt (While There's Salt Within The Sea).

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Performer: Melissa Pasut

Vocals and harp by Emma Daman Thomas

Cinematographer Jamie Quantrill

Underwater footage filmed by Angela Davies

Edited by Mark Eaglen + Angela Davies

Sound Design: Angela Davies

Directed + Produced by Angela Davies

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Commissioned by IVAE with support from Arts Council Wales, Plas Glyn y Weddw

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Screenings: 
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Glynn Vivian, Swansea

Fotografiska, Shanghai
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Busan Museum of Art, Busan

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