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The Calamus Emotion by Stiofan O'Ceallaigh (2019)

** BACKGROUND TO THE FILM ** Originally commissioned for exhibition 'Encounters With Whitman'* as part of the Whitman Bicentennial (Philadelphia, USA), 'The Calamus Emotion' has since been screened at exhibitions 'Queer Art(ists) Now' (London, 2019), part of the 'And What? Queer Arts Festival and 'The Crossover/Oversteken' (The Netherlands, 2020). Coming soon is the film's Irish premiere (more information coming soon). *The Video component to exhibition 'Encounters with Whitman' examines, reinterprets, and celebrates Whitman’s Calamus poems. Forming part of Whitman’s larger collection of Leaves of Grass (1855), the Calamus poems remain one of the earliest and most explicit poetical sequences celebrating homoerotic love and affection between men. These poems also helped to shape individual and collective gay male ideas of democracy, masculinity, sex, freedom, and community. It is the exploration of these aspects of Whitman’s work we seek to highlight through this exhibition. You can read more about exhibition 'Encounters with Whitman' at the following links: https://davinciartalliance.org/encoun... https://www.theartblog.org/2019/06/en... https://www.stiofanoceallaigh.co.uk ** SYNOPSIS ** At the beginning of 'The Calamus Emotion' I imagine and re-imagine travelling back in time to a virtual reality (indicated by the voiceover of Whitman's 1897 'These, I, Singing in Spring (Leaves of Grass)' read backwards, adding new meanings to the poem), and with visuals that present a deconstruction of the homoexperience, and where I break up my body into meta-physical parts. I then imagine a direct conversation with Whitman whereby I update him on the past 200 years on the march for LGBTQ equality. Intertwined with personal narratives and archive footage in the film I imagine a reconciliation with homoself via direct discourse with Whitman; connecting homo/queer genealogies and finding "my roots"... my calamus roots... . ** CREDITS ** Stiofan O'Ceallaigh - Visuals Roy Allen - Voiceover Donna McKevitt & Derek Jarman - Music & Lyrics