By the Well, 2015
Video performance 4:40

As part of Traffic Jam #4, an international residency held in Mallorca, Spain, Sykes and Hachmann created By the Well in response to various environments across the island. Loosely based on the idealized concept of a fairytale, By the Well is Part II in their collaborative trilogy Sister Rituals. The story is left open and unfixed, and each scene chronicles an intimate relationship between two women, while the cinematic atmosphere and symbolic visual language morph across settings. The dreamlike quality of the changing landscape acts as a third character and amplifies the loss and longing inherent in the symbolic narrative.


Concept and direction: Ginny Sykes, Kim Dotty Hachmann
Performers: Ginny Sykes, Kim Dotty Hachmann
Music: Compassion by Jane Winter
Camera: Ginny Sykes. Kim Dotty Hachmann, Laurie-Ann Dufour-Guèrin
Video Editing: Ginny Sykes, Kim Dotty Hachmann, Luigi Montefoschi