DIRECTOR: TARRYN GILL / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRALIA / DURATION: 5'58'' / MUSIC: TOM HOGAN / CAST: LYDIA ANNE MCCARTHY / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TARRYN GILL / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: TARRYN GILL / STYLING: TARRYN GILL / HAIR & MAKE-UP : TARRYN GILL.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
''The Great Northern'' is a video artwork shot on location during a residency at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada in March 2012. The work responds to local stories of haunting and the uncanny and forms a part of Gill’s current research into psychology and history. It also sites pop culture references such as Kubrick’s "The Shining" and Lynch’s ''Twin Peaks.''
DIRECTOR BIO:
Tarryn Gill (1981, Australia) is an established visual artist who works across disciplines – photography, film, live performance, theatre and design. Individually and through her collaborations with Pilar Mata Dupont and Hold Your Horses, she has presented work at an international level. Tarryn spent 2012 and 2013 undertaking artist residencies and developing new work in Perth, Banff, Tokyo, London and Berlin.
