my love, I'm sorry I was mean.
'my love I'm sorry I was mean.' is a site specific choreographic performance performed at Jupiter Artland, in response to the artwork "Weeping Girls" by Laura Ford. Created and directed by Hope Kennedy - performed by Hope Kennedy, Florence Logan, Romi Sarfaty and Jess Paris.
In her research for this project, Hope worked with the themes of rage, apologies and non-apologies after learning that the sculptures depicted the artist's daughter "practising her tantrums" in the mirror. This choreographic work concludes with each member of the audience being left with a handwritten letter of apology/non-apology.
Photos by Jassy Earl
Recipe for an apology
Ingredients:
-A scream that lasts for hours
-3 years of conditional love
-A tube of cream for a scraped knee
- 13 insincere apologies
-A sprinkle of damp earth
-Two strands of hair stained with salt water
-A teacup with a missing handle
-An imprint of a body left on a sleepy bed
-100g of rage
-200g of sorrow
-300g of longing
-5 days’ worth of hidden feelings
-2 lungs full of cruel laughter
-A small pile of dust
-1 large hole in the middle of a small house
