Locating Sylvia Pankhurst

Apart from animating the drawings themselves, and experimenting with inserting a voice into a painting of a different period, I also attempted to write a letter to Sylvia as a means of navigating the rich material I was gathering on a complex life. As I wrote the letter, I found myself being transported into a cell, and encountering Sylvia. I could feel her gaze as she sketched me, as I continued to write,. After completing the letter, I found one of Sylvia’s prison sketches and animated this to my reading of my letter. This form of making the film held promise.