the far wake

The Wake is the title of a large-scale multimedia project, the main element of which is an eight-hour long silent movie. The film is based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (London 1939), a limit-transgressing, perhaps even limit-dissolving book that not only transgresses the limits of what literature is and is capable of, but inscribes transgressions on almost all conceivable levels. It is at the same time dream book, history book and necrology. It is almost impossible to determine whether we are dealing with a long poem, a prose narrative or a piece of drama.

To be determined.

The Wake follows a young Englishman as he is brought to an Irish wake in an isolated house in the middle of the Irish countryside. Little does he know that this wake contains a lot of customs that aren’t so traditional…

The sensations, moods and passages of grief are explored in "The Wake", which uses emotionally evocative landscapes and poetic text to extract a poignant beauty from the depths of human trauma.

The Wake is an anxiety-driven dark comedy that cleverly intertwines elements of farce with an underbelly filled with guilt and familial trauma.

Following the death of his father, an emotionally deflective son returns home to reconnect with his mother, all whilst reconciling with his dark past and unexplainable visions of a giant sea monster.

In a remote mountain village in Northern Greece, a cameraperson peers into the artistic process of a theatre ensemble at work.