A Tincture of Time: Annika Earley

The short version of A Tincture of Time, currently in pre-production, opens with a scene of Eda and Olix playing in a little house set in an empty and high-ceilinged hospital playroom. Olix, who is played by orange light, pours out the windows of the little house in the scene’s opening wide shot. I worked with interdisciplinary artist Annika Earley to develop designs for this key set piece. Annika’s work often uses fairy tales as a medium through which to examine her core concerns of transformation, in-between states and the experience of being a woman. The house that she designed and built for this scene is simple and seductive, like a cottage in a fairy tale. In the film it functions as a respite for Eda and Olix as they navigate a frightening world though it can’t protect them fully. We wanted the house to feel mysterious, neither good nor bad, simply a place to rest with caution for a short while.

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This project is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.