MICHELLE WILLIAMS GAMAKER
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    • DISTANT RELATIVE (2019)
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THE FRUIT IS THERE TO BE EATEN

2017 | HDV | Colour | Sound | 24" | English
Single-channel video installation

​The Fruit is There To Be Eaten is based on the 1947 film Black Narcissus, by British directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger., set in India. The work echoes the style of the source material in that it is set in India, but replaces painted backdrops with back projection, stock footage and revealed sets to reimagine the relationship between lower-caste dancing girl Kanchi and missionary nun Sister Clodagh. In a schoolroom and in the gardens of a Himalayan convent, Kanchi and Clodagh recognise they are trapped in a film set in 2016. With the colonies a distant memory, Clodagh has lost her role as sister superior. This allows Kanchi to introduce her gods in order to challenge an imposed belief system, and in so doing to break down the civility of the colonies into something more carnal.
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  • WORKS
    • THE SILVER WAVE (2020)
    • ENCORE (RESURRECTION MANIFESTATIONS) (2019)
    • THE ETERNAL RETURN (2019)
    • THE FRUIT IS THERE TO BE EATEN (2017)
    • DISTANT RELATIVE (2019)
    • HOUSE OF WOMEN (2017)
    • BROWN QUEERS (2017)
    • ELEPHANT BOY (2015) >
      • Elephant Boy’s Adventures in Reconstruction​
  • News
  • INDEX
    • Archive
    • Films in development >
      • THE BANG STRAWS
      • VIOLET CULBO
    • Collaboration >
      • Collaboration with Julia Kouneski
      • Collaborations with Mieke Bal
    • Man In Parts
    • WOCI Reading Group
  • Bio/Contact