“Not so much when it’s forced upon me due to pandemic restrictions. Tanya’s words are so evocative and soothing that we were curious to know how she felt about solitude. “I enjoy solitude when I get to choose it,” she says over an email interview. The short film features Tanya’s poignant poem on isolation in times of Covid, illustrated and animated with Andrea’s dynamic and joyful artwork in vivid colours and a handcrafted feel. It was perfect timing and enabled me to be financially supported for the next three months as I worked on the film.” The result was the animated short film How to Be at Home, created in Andrea’s studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while in social isolation through the spring and summer of 2020. Soon after that, I was approached by the National Film Board of Canada who were asking filmmakers to make films in response to the pandemic. “Of course I wanted to make a film to it and started to compile images in my head. “Shortly after we spoke last spring, Tanya came back to me with a gorgeous and affecting poem, ‘How to Be at Home,’” recalls Andrea.
Earlier this year, Andrea and Tanya found themselves talking about making a follow-up to their 2010 film.
In it, Davis’s musings explore the topic of loneliness. In 2010, filmmaker and artist Andrea Dorfman and musician and poet Tanya Davis created the audiovisual poem How to Be Alone, which soon became a viral hit. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman (left) and poet Tanya Davis (right).
While we all process loneliness differently, this is currently a collective experience shared across the world. With the hope that their moving work might help you cope with isolation, we want to present a unique and inspiring perspective from two Canadian artists who not only accept but embrace solitude. Isolation can be daunting and overwhelming, especially when it extends over long periods of time or when it’s imposed upon us.
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