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Film-poem of a performance exploring fertility, birth and life rituals, devised by Emilia Telese, for Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Rebirth Day 2012, Musée du Louvre.
Pregnant women walking on Cornwall’s Land’s End, form a Third Paradise symbol to celebrate a new beginning.
Life Begins at Land’s End explores the role of women, fertility and childbirth in society, and above all, the start of life; the gestation and birth of a human being.
Emilia Telese chose Land’s End for the symbology generated by its name, and the resonance of Men An Tol stone circle, used for fertility rites in the Bronze Age.
CREDITS
Director / Editor Rebecca E Marshall
Artist and Producer Emilia Telese
Artist and Assistant Martha Mosse
Site Coordinator Claire English
Music Rebecca E Marshall
Singer Bea Hankey
With thanks to the mothers of Land’s End, the staff at Unidee – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella and Porthcurno Museum.
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