The Lingering and the Stain

​2008, digital video, stereo, 11:15                  

​In the interzone of fantasy and flesh, The Lingering and the Stain records the actual etching of a poem onto a woman’s skin by a blind tattooist.

Bound by rope and contract to perfect stillness, the woman’s mind wanders through the pain: perhaps her thoughts direct the needle, perhaps she’s ruled by the consensual act.

​Part gothic neo-noir, part hyper-real documentary, The Lingering and the Stain is a literally spine tingling short film.

Screenings/Exhibitions
Ghostliness, Studio Shiori Watanabe, Tokyo 2021
Interdisciplinary Art Project Kobe, Kobe, Japan 2020
International Video Poetry Festival, Athens 2018
UnKnown Theater, Koenji, Tokyo 2018
LA Underground Film Forum, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles 2017
Körpersprache, Haus für Poesie, Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin 2016
Drawing Now, College of Fine Art, Sydney 2015
Down Under Film Festival, Berlin 2012
International Streaming Festival, The Hague 2011
Fleshed Out, Ariel Booksellers, Sydney 2011
Red Hot Shorts: Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne 2009
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece 2009 
Akademie der Künste: Poesiefestival, Berlin 2009 
Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney 2009 
World Aids Day: Athens Central Metro Station, Greece 2009 
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne 2009 
Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin 2008
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Credits
Collaboration: Roberto Jean François 
Camera: Paul J Warren, John Brawley 
Light: Paul J Warren
Sound and music: Naomi Radomishelski 
Performance: Elena Knox, Josh Roelink 
Makeup and hair: Georg Wotawa 
Titles: Lindsay Webb
​Stills: Rowena Hall

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