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Emma Ramsay-Tanniou
Penn-ar-Bed
digitised 8mm film, running time 1 minute 42 seconds
Penn-ar-Bed, a moving image piece, is based on the loss of culture that comes with the loss of language. Focusing on the insular Celtic language Breton, the work is a reflection of the deprivation of heritage that happens when an orally transmitted culture is heavily discouraged, almost to the point of extinction, by the government. In part a fictional collective memory, in part an attempt to reconnect with my family history, the film is Brittany as I have come to know it as an adult.
Emma Ramsay-Tanniou is a French-Scottish artist working primarily with moving image and print. Having graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2021, her graduate work Penn-ar-Bed has featured at film festivals internationally including Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway and the Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece.
Instagram: @emmarams.art