GRANT WORTH
HomoMuseical, 2020
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Chapter 5 of long term video project, "Refugia" "HomoMuseical" Starring Leon Wong Audio and Sound Design by Tim and Grant Worth Violin by Laura Asma Worth Narration By Tim and Grant Worth Audio Mix, Master, and Additional Manipulations by Jeremiah Glazer Title and Credits by Lauryn Siegel Hand Animation by Brenda Buck Additional Voices - Bráulio Amado, Laura Asma Worth, Kevin Chan, Sacha Di Bona, Jonas Jonasson, Christiaan Kier, Jan Lüdert, Caroline Mak, Raviraj Pare, Erez Sabag, Leon Wong, Robin Worth, and Aryati Yashadhana Also Featuring - Anna Callner, Noah Jione, Andrew Jordan, Alex Lloyd, Ryan Lucero, Raviraj Pare, Nina Sirover, Kobe Wong, Selena Wong, and Tiana Wong Text By Johan Huizinga “Homo Ludens” © 1950
Chapters 1-5, 2017-2020
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"Talkie Pharmakon"
Chapter 01 - My Life As a Woman, 2017
Chapter 02 - Best Man, 2018
Chapter 03 - Look Who's Talking Forever, 2018
Chapter 04 - Staying with the Trouble, 2018
Chapter 05 - HomoMuseical, 2020
How many days were you NOT ready, willing, and able to work?
If I listen to the loud voice, it strikes me as privileged and miserably self centered to work under the assumption that exploring personal relationships is somehow universally relatable. Sophomore year of college, I had a traumatic experience during the class, "Existential Imagination" when I had to give a book review in front of everyone. My inability to articulate my inability to relate to a philosophical perspective uninspired by nature's details and mystery - discontent with the pauses between unexpected, unplanned human joy - uninterested in inspecting the cobwebs of life and the other beings we encounter along the way - rendered me speechless and statue frozen. All eyes on me.
Recently, I have no trouble relating to that Imagination. I know I'm not alone in hoping that when I wake up tomorrow, heart throbs I once had will have been magically reignited, or rather... worth the clicks on the clock.
In February, I spent two weeks with my brother creating sound for Chapter Five of a long term video project I'm somewhere near the middle of - "Approaching Centroid" was the title of the show I had scheduled for June. If left unfinished, the time Tim and I spent together would have been enough.
"HomoMuseical" takes a more personal turn, admiring the cat's cradle of one specific human relationship. Johan Huizinga's study of play in culture and the etymology of the word frame this chapter.
How many days were you NOT ready, willing, and able to work?
Play is Freedom!
Presented here is "Chapter 5 - HomoMuseical" on its own, as well as Chapters One though Five together at last. Please enjoy!
Grant Worth is a Brooklyn based artist charmed by gentle pursuits. Engaging in creation is his preferred human interaction. "I'm interested in creating environments and experiences which allow us to re-explore our own world and the way we relate to one another as mother and father, lovers and strangers, artists and adventurers, astronomer and star."