Conjured up in the darkness of another sleepless night in the depths of an English winter during another lockdown, I wanted to create an expression of insomnia on the creative soul - fixed in the twilight , unlit by the energies of moon or sun, unable to create yet filled with ideas.  Motivated by this very idea of being unable to create, I was inspired by the solitude and constraints of the pandemic and how I might satisfy my desire for collaboration and artistic expression through film, in a playful and explorative form that reflected the feelings I was going through at the time. All I needed was the idea and another creative soul. 

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A stop motion film using analogue photography, music and poetry, to express the creative duality to insomnia.  Shot on a film camera by Katie Lou McCabe as single stills, and then hand-developed in her dark room using classic analogue techniques, this experimental short film is a love letter to the creative process and the beauty that resides in the shadows.

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To align with the project's ethos, and the fulfilment of taking time to revel in the process and honour the realities of making things the 'analogue way' - I am still editing the film, having curated and scanned each single frame, lovingly developed by Katie. So as I put the pieces of the puzzle together using the not-so-analogue Davinci, I am learning new insights about what 'Apricity' means as a piece of film, a year and half along from its conception and I look forward to the warmth of a new winter's sun...and what the final piece will have to offer.