Florrie James, 'Hawthorne'

Hawthorn, a quiet teenage boy with all the correlating tender attributes, lives in a village on the West Coast of Scotland. The mournful landscapes and whistling wind are interrupted by the blasting dystopic industrial rhythms from Glasgow’s The Modern Institute. The score mirrors Hawthorn’s defeated ego in his desperate love for a returning friend, Magnolia. Sorrowful and deeply felt, Hawthorn’s lovesickness is Romanticist in colour. The wilderness is uncaring. The water laps softly against the muddy sand, oblivious. Fat seals continue to lounge on rocks out at sea.

Casting movement artist, Romany Dear, as the teenage boy was inspired by her recent performance Two fisted, many sided, tuna fem, which touches upon themes of ​‘masculinity’ and ​‘femininity,’ via and vis-a-vis the body. Katie Shannon who plays Magnolia is an artist and musician based in Glasgow.

Image description: A black and white film still of someone with short blonde hair sat, arms around knees, looking to the right of the frame and wearing black headphones.