2021 | 5 minutes | digital video | color | sound
A father and daughter walk through the woods. A mother and daughter follow the same path.
Built around one of Helena’s poems about her mother Marta and her maternal grandfather Nue Gashi, My Bones Ache explores the shared qualities of objects that instantiate memory; that is, more specifically, the relationship between photographs and bones. Operating within this conceptual framework, the video constructs an intimate genealogical portrait that addresses subjects of intergenerational trauma, the woman’s experience, and the realities of coming-of-age in a post-war region.
Text / Narration: Helena Deda
Montage: Alex Faoro
Recording: Violette Furton
Mixing / Mastering: Garrett Kemp
2022 I Would Have Freed Myself, Millennium Film Workshop - Brooklyn, New York
2022 Split Video Art Exhibit, Prokultura gallery - Split, Croatia
2022 I Would Have Freed Myself, Blackhole Cinematheque at Beauty Supply - Oakland, California
2023 Mythical Common Lands, ABC No Rio @ The Umbrella - New York