F L 00 D
Premiering 2026…
With F L 00D, Holmes invokes the Corryvreckan Whirlpool: a mythic turbulence where ambition dissolves into elemental indifference. Drawing on this violent geometry, the work surfaces a fractured choreographies caught between the absurdity of their striving and the inevitability of submersion.
Developed in the early stages of FL00D, choreographer Wynn Holmes draws on the mythic turbulence of Scotland’s Corryvreckan Whirlpool to explore the clash between human ambition and elemental forces. Both comic and foreboding, this cinematic excerpt offers a glimpse into the tone and world of the full-length stage work, which will premiere in 2026 with LFDT.
The cyanotype animation technique used in this film acts as both material and metaphor - its alchemical process, reliant on sunlight and water, echoes the elemental forces the piece explores. This ancestral, image-making method conjures a mythic, almost archaeological quality, as if each frame were unearthed from deep time. Yet its ghostly blue tones and fragmented textures speak to a distinctly modern unease - of memory eroded, of nature's resurgence, of the fragility of control.
Performed by @laurihenri
Shot + edited by @eshenlashell
Sound design by @racine.corporation
Choreography by @wynnholmes
Location c/o @leloi
Supported by @lofidancetheory + @canada.council