A Visual Album created by Four Larks
Film Directed by Christin Turner
Costume Design by Lena Sands
Makeup and Hair by Pamela Bjorklund
Work-in-progress videos previewed at the Getty Villa in May 2022.
The Homeric Hymns, among the oldest extant poems from the ancient Mediterranean, tell the stories of Demeter & Persephone, of Semele & the lightning storm, of Dionysus & the wine-dark sea, and the cycles of the sun and moon. Our adaptations, sounded through a prism of devotional music traditions spanning centuries and continents, draw on these primordial texts to navigate our collective responsibility to the earth and one another, to dream of what we can do together, and to cope with being apart. Join us as we seek out new modes of congregation and resound these ancient praise songs to the gods we need today.