Movie Details
Original Language:English
Mercurious
DirectorRichard Ashrowan
32 min
Plot
An installation work with voiceover from the Aurelia Occulta Theatrum Chemicum 1659 a text dealing with aspects of Mercury or mercurius one of the most important and intangible of all alchemical concepts A consideration of the mercurial nature in us all and a mysterious encounter with feathers Within alchemy the rising of the spirit vapour from heated mercury was often depicted using images of feathers Quicksilver cinnabar the winged messenger Hermes this is a vaporous spirit elusive and hard to grasp the aerial principle of flight and disembodiment
