American Montage's Ministry of Media: Hanne Tierney

Hanne Tierney: Man the Flower of All Flesh << back
Standing above a spider web of fishing line and pulleys Hanne animates her creations likening it to “playing and instrument.” Theater without actors is Hanne’s specialty. In the style of traditional marionettes, Hanne’s performers are fashioned out of every day objects incorporating papier-mâché, window blinds, metal coils, air-conditioning ducts, really any thing she can manipulate.

AMI has traditionally edited versions of many of Hanne’s pieces including: Flatlands: A Romance of Many Dimensions, Blood Wedding, and How Wang-Fo Was Saved. These selections oftened served as a visual supplement for grant applications. Man the Flower of All Flesh, her most recent project, was filmed and edited by AMI.

An adaptation of the E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops, this is the story of a woman and son living in a shadowy underworld ruled by a dark force called the Machine. The two spend their lives trapped in this subterranean jail fearing a mechanical failure. When it finally occurs they discover Eden just above their former confinement.

Heightening the magical atmosphere Hanne uses an extremely intimate space, utilizing subtle lighting. Challenging for any filmmaker, Eric Marciano maintained this critical detail, while creating a final product with the approproate lighting for the audience. Surpassing its goals AMI was able to capture this fleeting yet mesmerizing performance and more. To find out more about Hanne Tierney go to www.fivemyles.org