Heavenly and Harrowing

Overview

A film by Lucy Cordes Engelman and Annemarie Wadlow, Two amateur filmmakers attempt to make a love poem inspired by the Devotional Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky. Can paying homage be considered the ultimate poetic gesture? Is it the ultimate act of love? Using the medium of analogue film as their compass, artists Annemarie Wadlow and Lucy Cordes Engelman collaborate for the first time to explore the devotion of 'the amateur' home-movie maker in contrast to the professional filmmaker. Via the ever-morphing heavenly and harrowing nature of the cinematic image, and inspired by the philosophies of avant-garde filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky, the film explores relationships that are formed by referencing, acknowledging, and celebrating the work of others who have come before.