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Tad's Nest
Tad's Nest - the place where eels mature before being compelled to return to a location using only memories of sensations to guide them.
Overview
Tad's Nest - a place where eels mature before being compelled to return to a location using only memories of sensations to guide them. The film examines the way memories are held as sensations and the ability of memory to invent people and places to perform the sensations. Compulsion to return, replay, and revisit.
Commissioned by Animate Projects, funded by Arts Council England and Channel 4.
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