In episode 12 of Season 2 on The MDC Talks, Anna Clifford and Omari ‘Motion’ Carter talk with Wilkie Branson; a self-taught interdisciplinary dance artist and filmmaker, currently based in the United Kingdom.  His latest feature length work TOM is commencing its international tour and currently being showcased at La Bienniale de Venezia 23/07/2021 - 01/08/2021.  

Wilkie expresses how the focus of his work always lies in the practice and not the product.  His early days of studying b-boying techniques were how he first entered into film and he was later drawn to animation because of its power to create something from nothing.  The evolution of his artistic practice is inspired by landscape, architecture and how the choreography within the environment & surroundings can impact and support telling stories through dance on screen.  Wilkie explains how his latest work is about reconnecting with your inner child.  He shares how the process of making the work reconnected him with his own family, some of the technical challenges and his most significant takeaway from the making of TOM.  

Wilkie Branson: 

https://www.wilkiebranson.com/

Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/wilkiebransonInstagram @wilkiebranson 

Twitter @WilkieBranson  

References: 

‘Little Dreams’: https://vimeo.com/128052930

‘End of the Block’: https://vimeo.com/73935264

‘White Caps’: https://vimeo.com/11272451

‘TOM’: https://vimeo.com/wilkiebranson/tomtrail

Making TOM - Part 3 - Available on Wilkie’s instagram @wilkiebranson 

La Bienniale di Venezia - https://www.labiennale.org/en/dance/2021/wilkie-branson-tom 

WATCH ‘TOM’ HERE: https://vimeo.com/wilkiebranson/tomfilm 

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