‘One Man Missing’ Installation by Amily Galhand
‘One Man Missing’ is a collection of intimate and personal spoken word by men from around the world who are dear to me, with a focus on religion, identity, and mixed cultures background. The audience can listen to these stories whilst sitting across from a dummy with a bag on his head, the piece looks at the suicide of men, with the idea that the audience can take home a sense of intimacy rarely heard by strangers and apply this to themselves where necessary or their own loved ones.
Photographer: Jules Lister
One man missing is a solo audience immersive installation in meeting 5 different males in audio whilst sitting across from a dummy of John ER a Chinese Muslim who committed suicide in 2018 in Hongsibu, Ningxia. The men you meet intimately express to you through restless poetry, lonely recordings by oneself, music, memories and metaphorical stories. These men come from around the world Madagascar, China, India and the UK. The voices come from the closest male spiritual influences in my life, my father, Er's brother Yanji, Seki Lynch my first friend in Leeds and a dear friend who wish to remain anonymous.
Photographer: Jules Lister
Full Audios to be found here on - https://soundcloud.com/emily-galhand/sets/one-man-missing?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Amily Galhand is an immersive artist whose work is international, she pulls influences from her travels over the world, where she seems to have countless unbelievable stories and spiritually artistic friends. Her latest piece follows on in trajectory from her ongoing project ‘Bag4Long’ which continues to explore the grief and confusion the suicide of Chinese Muslim Er Zhang caused whilst the crew of 'Indie Lab' were busking in China. ‘One Man Missing’ is a shocking and deeply personal intimate showcase from Amily Galhand where her works normally touch on her personal experience but push towards a more individual interpretation, this piece blasts out personal relationships and raw emotion. It’s so open and honest from the men speaking and the fact they are so close to Amily, the piece takes on a giant with a gentleness and a directness that is touching and vulnerable."
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