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the wrapt seed

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A thalassic crossing through separation, liminality and reintegration.


Performed live by Bianca Lyla Clifford and Justine L Walsh as part of Linda Mary Montano’s 80th birthdayarama 21hr durational celebration.

18 Jan 2022

We acknowledge the land and waters of the Bunurong and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations where this work was made. We pay our respects to their Elders and Ancestors.
We also extend our deep gratitude and thanks to our own Ancestors and creative lineages.

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the wrapt seed





Act I: Separation:



cruel kronos

earth with her crowns descends into a black night.

we lament our Beloved

breathed out in a puff of wind

unflinching quiet sea

roaring fallen wave





deep sound in a clear song

on a bitten night





who is gone?





sorrow dripping grips me

deathless face no more



stained, furrowed

soft pillowed-layed limbs





pour.

silver cups and ivory

awash salt crusted crevice



pour.

in unison

sweat and oil



pour.

sweet oil



pour.

hollowed quiet sea





a torn garment with spilt dye

draped splitting bones

purple cloaked

twisted by the sea



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Act II: Liminality



blasts of wind on dry land

black drops follow



piercing voice in sweet speak

guides a clear procession





doom ripens into gentle help

memory into held remnant

of Beloved

pacifies the passage

conversed in dream





light arches face and body

full and sweet

pass the laurel and the oak





goldcrowned

under silvery moon

luminous the sea and the weed

and the shepherd

firmly fastened to the rock



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Act III: Reintegration



spilt pomegranate release pneuma

nacreous Beloved, a salt gilded return





sweetworded become the voice

in fleshy

enveloping



I have gone.



no grove no dance no sound

feet awash in cut shell floor





myrrh and cassia swelling

body languid meet sea bed





we loved all of this



the drift

the cherished

the wave shadow



all things remembered in another time



the salt blossom

the dashed



there will be desire for us in the aftertime



the torn

the splendour

the curled pearl



for we share in the roses

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released January 22, 2022
Concept, text, direction, costuming and makeup: Bianca Lyla Clifford
Composition, voice and sound production: Justine L Walsh
Field recording of Bunurong sea waters at the site of performance

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