Epitaph

‘How it feels to be dead! The senses are explored, one by one. Though dead, the spirit lives on; the ideas and ideals of a man live forever. The beginning is the end, and the end is just the beginning.’ (Flora Kerrigan) 

Meticulously crafted, paper cut-outs of coffins, headstones, eyes, candles, crosses, and psychedelic backgrounds dance across the screen.  Sensory functions are gradually removed – an ear is broken by a hammer, a mouth is locked in a cage, a nose is put in a coffin, hands are pricked by a thorn, a heart is trapped inside a coffin – in an exploration of afterlife. 

Epitaph is part of Flora Kerrigan: Dream Maker on the IFI Archive Player. To view more of the collection, please click here.