Gifted Water

Informed by a character with multiple personality disorder, the film follows the improvised performances of dancer Sheena McGrandles as she is permeated by different spaces and personas. McGrandles work at the time was concerned with “doing” and queering the body, with an attempt to disturb it and the space it inhabits.

The character is narrated by her imaginary male voice until she appears in drag at the end.

Gifted Water was filmed in Berlin and Teufelsberg, a former listening station built on the ruins of the city.