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13 May 2024

Elaine Mitchener: These Cost The Earth

In this new performance, clothes and dancers descend and rescale a staircase in a multi-storey performative cycle.

Made in collaboration with performers Wai Shan Vivian Luk, Tommaso Petrolo, and sound designer Michael Picknett, These Cost the Earth reflects upon the textile waste crisis, examining the environmental and human cost of discarding clothes to landfill.

Commisioned by Somerset House Studios.

Film Credits

    Filmmaker:

    Rob Akin

    Producer:

    Wes Gilpin

    Colour:

    Rob Akin

    Sound:

    Michael Picknett

    Executive Producer:

    Eleanor Ritter Scott

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