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Special London Preview of Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger, 70 min
by Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Friday, 6 Sept 2024
1830 + Q&A
2030 +Q&A

CLOSE-UP FILM CENTRE
97 Sclater Street
London E1 6HR

 

Wayfaring Stranger is a mesmerizing yet haunting journey through our relationship with ourselves and the world we live in.” – Marc van de Klashorst

A special preview of the new feature film by artist filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman  Wayfaring Stranger charts the life of an itinerant character, embodied by seven performers, across seven days, representing seven decades. Running from the city, through post-industrial edge lands and manicured enclaves, they find themselves in forests, farms, mountains and the shore. Along the way, they undergo a transformation, through the seasons and changing geography, both physically and emotionally, from youth to elderhood, and from a single, alienated being into an accepted element of the wider world. Each ‘day’ is a ‘station’ that signifies a turning point in a character’s emotional development: from escape, through loss, grief and waywardness, to solidarity and co-existence. Filmed in landscapes marked by centuries of ceaseless, often destructive, human interaction, Wayfaring Stranger asks what it takes to find a liveable life on one’s own terms and without conflict with others and the environment.

The film features text written and performed by acclaimed writer and poet Eileen Myles, and sound design by multi-award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson.

The Director, Co-Writer, Producers and Cast Members will attend a Q+A following each screening

To mark the decade of The nomadic Wapping Project (2014- ), we are offering a copy of the paperback edition of  The Wapping Project on Paper , looking at the years of work within the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station (1993-2013), with each ticket to the screening.