Libations for the Lost at Terminalia – Sonia Overall

A lighted match is struck at the site of a lost medieval gate in Sandwich, UK.
Screenshot from Libations for the Lost, Terminalia 2021 - Photo Credit: Sonia Overall
A lighted match is struck at the site of a lost medieval gate in Sandwich, UK.
Screenshot from Libations for the Lost, Terminalia 2021 – Photo Credit: Sonia Overall

Libations for the lost at Terminalia is a short film documenting a collaborative walk featuring Elia Cervera Bravo (Spain), Richard Byrne (UK), Stephen Donnelly (Canada), Sonia Overall (UK), Elspeth (Billie) Penfold (UK). We walked at Terminalia, 23rd February 2021, exploring gates and boundaries in our locales, carrying offerings and libations to remember those lost. Artists submitted digital footage of their walks which I edited together to create the film. The resulting piece was shown at the online Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography 2021, ‘Everywhere: Borders’, hosted by Bernardo Bruno in Rome on 27th February.

https://terminaliafestival.org/

Sonia Overall (PhD SFHEA) is a writer, psychogeographer and writing tutor living in East Kent. Her published writing includes novels, poetry, short stories, academic articles and features, many of which touch on psychogeography, spirit of place and aspects of the weird. Her latest publication is Heavy Time: a psychogeographer’s pilgrimage. Sonia is a member of the Walking Artists Network and founder and curator of Women Who Walk, a network for walking academics and creatives. Her walking projects include themed public and performative walks, temporary labyrinths and the lockdown walking project on Twitter, #DistanceDrift.