Lion

A project spanning three years of production and research Lion is a collection of 7 short films exploring the Chernobyl disaster the nature of radiation memory and personal history Conceptually arranged in to a film album Lions seven works navigate atomic fallout and a girls adolescence a dream before death radiation as a cause and cure for cancer masculine bravado feminine obsession a trip to Chernobyl amongst the death of a matriarch and the destruction of memory Composed of seven works Lion is a series of films created on 16mm and hand processed with darkroom techniques that mimic the effects of radiation on film Researched in Chernobyl the series is a product of memories history pop culture and technical experiments to create visual representations of invisible forces