Stories of Change, Exploring the past, present and future of energy, invited the public to submit writing which imagined fossil fuel energy as a friend named Jules – what would that relationship be like, what conversations might be had?
I was handed a large pack of diverse and thoughtful writing. To process this, I gathered actors - Anyebe Godwin, Joyce Henderson and Philip Bosworth - at the National Theatre Studio for a week’s workshop. We started by focussing on breath, body and sounding words. Gradually we moved to longer passages and through improvisation arrived at a final script. We recorded the script and I then edited the sound and set it to visuals with animator Levan Tozashvili.
My Friend has been exhibited as part of a group exhibition, Energetic – Exploring the Past, Present & Future of Energy, at Museum of Making, Derby Museums & Art Gallery (2017) and Royal Geographical Society (2018). It features in a book by the same title, published 2018.
Click the image below to access My Friend (photo by Gorm, actors L to R: Philip Bosworth and Anyebe Godwin)