One-minute Preview: Daughters of Danu 2023.
Daughters of Danu follows a river deity who is inhabiting a local lake. Her emotions towards her environment are transitioning between conflict and care, as the goddess is experiencing displacement and connection. The artwork is part one of a larger project that reimagines forgotten water deities that have once occupied Ireland’s rural areas. Goddesses that have been protecting water surface environments, who have been cherished by communities, and whose stories have been told, but now are lost.
Performer Aisling Ní Cheallaigh embodies the river deity and the accompanying sound introduces music that has been composed by sound designer Chris Somers.
The short film was shot on location at Innisfree, Lough Gill, Sligo, with a Canon DSLR and Ricoh Theta 360 camera.
Experimental short film, Digital 4K, duration 6:31 minutes, colour, sound.