The Petenera isa flamenco palo in a 12-beat metre,
Invited to Fortune Mixtape, a collaboratif project curated by artist Clara Claus, to create a visual response to a musical piece and abstract drawings printed on a deck card. Made from found footage it is an interpretation of the myth of La Petenera. A folk tale centered around a woman reported to be, owing to her seduction power, the "damnation of men".
Film by Natacha Ikoli; Music by Pedro Soler
Breath
by Natacha Ikoli, June 2015
Breath… because it has just started.
It looks very much like today.
Nothing was really like yesterday
I was
He was
We were
Dancing
Chanting
Thinking
Breath… because it’s just starting
For all we cared it was today
Those hearts
Beating strong
Faint
Fragile
For us, within myself
For those who cared for truth found desire
For those those who cared for allegory found equanimity
Breath… because it will just start
Me within yourself
Nothing but for now
If it wasn’t for now
It would be next
Saw a glimpse of true life
Saw the joy of now
Felt the toll of non-existence
What a life
Strong
Alone
May you be true
To what lies inside
Flow, merge, glide towards the ultimate end
Breath… because it starts just now.
If I can dance the dance
Be the be
Sing the sing
Twirl the twirl
I am what
What I am
Is not real
To you, who are there
Through your eyes
Be my eyes
Show, for I can no longer see
Take me through the froth of your waves
Floating through space or water.
At peace for I
Did
Remain
Upright