TOMMY ACHES

created as a means to explore queer tenderness. Made into the idea of holding memory of someone, I used a poem that was a fragmented- push pull between moving forward, looking back, longing and realisation over a failed relationship. I originally put the poem into subtitles and edited the footage we created along the subtitle track. Then removed the subtitles and started playing the violin. Trying to mimic the touch and feel of the scene. The piece came to together through this weaving of elements I had credated. editing these strands together until a sense of story became visible, with the occasional loose thread or hole or mistake- much like memories the weave and flow isn’t perfect.