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Hag-ridden: Summerhall TV Interview
Michele Marcoux : Hag-ridden from arts-news on Vimeo. Hag-ridden Tormented or worried, as if by a witch 2. 1680’s “afflicted by nightmares”. An old term for sleep paralysis, the sensation of being held immobile in bed by a heavy weight and accompanied by a sense of an alien presence. Also ‘ridden by the hag’, ‘the […]
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Hag-ridden – my latest exhibition opens at Summerhall 6th June
It was a nightmare I had only once, aged 19; sleeping in the family home that I increasingly felt was haunted…. I awoke, desperately seeking proof that it was over. The clock, the lamp, the glass of water, the wooden staircase leading down into darkness. My twin sister’s bedroom door across the hall was closed. […]
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Hag-ridden (haɡ-rɪd(ə)n) – exhibition June 6th Summerhall
It was a nightmare I had only once, aged 19; sleeping in the family home that I increasingly felt was haunted…. I awoke, desperately seeking proof that it was over. The clock, the lamp, the glass of water, the wooden staircase leading down into darkness. My twin sister’s bedroom door across the hall was closed. […]
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A room of one’s own
For years I have had a recurring dream. I am alone in an old house (or is it a flat?). With a dark central hallway and a number of closed doors it feels haunted, intimidating but also exciting and full of potential. I think I have been here before. Should I be here? I start […]
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blood/MarcyAV – pictures from the exhibition!
Finally got pics up on the blog – thanks to everyone who came along to the show this month – it was a great experience! xmichele
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The impossibility of memory – It’s all about telling stories…
blood/MarcyAV 31st Oct Private View 7 – 9.30pm, The Old Ambulance Depot, 77 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7 5HS The exhibition continues until Sunday Nov 3rd 10 – 5pm In the late 1980′s at a time when more than 2000 people a year were murdered in New York City, Southside Williamsburg, Brooklyn was an extremely hot […]
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Hag-ridden: Summerhall TV Interview
Michele Marcoux : Hag-ridden from arts-news on Vimeo. Hag-ridden Tormented or worried, as if by a witch 2. 1680’s “afflicted by nightmares”. An old term for sleep paralysis, the sensation of being held immobile in bed by a heavy weight and accompanied by a sense of an alien presence. Also ‘ridden by the hag’, …
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Nostalgia/Analgesic Diary
Since we all met up at Jean’s fabulous upstate NY farm last April, Lynne and Sheila and I have been working diligently away at the Nostalgia/Analgesic project. Sound! Image! Poetry! Lots has happened in the meantime, Sheila’s moved herself and her family to San Antonio, Texas to run Gemini Ink, Lynne now has her…
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A room of one’s own
For years I have had a recurring dream. I am alone in an old house (or is it a flat?). With a dark central hallway and a number of closed doors it feels haunted, intimidating but also exciting and full of potential. I think I have been here before. Should I be here? I start […]…
