Bridge: Lambeth
Title: Terra Nullis On Old Lambeth Bridge
Writer: Ed Prichard
Artists: Ed Kluz (video, music composition and sound recording, editing), Andy Kluz (voice)
The work: Treated video with voice, music and ambient sound bed. MPEG 400MB. 2 mins 50 secs.
Description: Abstract moving image of water with recited poem reflecting on the death by drowning of Frederik Fisk from Old Lambeth Bridge in 1909, with transcript of poem.
TERRA NULLIS
On Old Lambeth Bridge
Ed Prichard
Memory slides along the ferry line
footsteps on the water
washed away
Memory flies over the ghost of a bridge
footsteps in the air
blown away
Confession:
watch the ebb and flow
the river is changed, renews itself
you are changed, rue yourself
Baptism:
the river washes your feet
anoints your head
washes away your sins
Absolution:
ripped head over heels
up-is-down-is-over-under-down-down
Tempest-tost soul released
Ascension:
high on the bridge
abandoned jacket, worn-out boots
a policeman, white-faced, holds the unsigned note:
“He who dies pays all debts.”