This weekâs short is âFamadihana,â a spooky little film by Devin McDermott and Ethan FolkâMcDermott created and performed the dance, and Folk photographed and edited the performance (The Antlers provided the music). McDermott is a dancer who has worked with Alice Gostiâs Spaghetti Co. (Gosti currently has a show at Hedreen GalleryââYellow Fish // Epic Durational Performance Festivalâ), and Folk is a filmmaker who is interested in the âprocedural aspects of rituals pertaining to death.â The elements of the short: The dancing dead woman, the cigarettes as incense, the flashes of color, that menacing axe in the back.
FAMADIHANA from Ethan Folk on Vimeo.