PERSEPHONE
2021
Kathleen MacKenzie Video / Loretta O'Sullivan Cello

PERSEPHONE Exploring the prophetic words of Rachael Carson, Persephone, goddess of Spring, accompanied by the cello's ominous and sorrowful sighs, mourns our fragile and endangered environment in this animated video,

BEFORE I SLEEP
2021
Kathleen MacKenzie Video / Loretta O'Sullivan Cello

BEFORE I SLEEP Unfolds a dream-like sequence of animated images accompanied by a heartfelt melody from the cello.

HAPPENSTANCE
2021
Kathleen MacKenzie Video / Loretta O'Sullivan Cello

HAPPENSTANCE We glide through solitary scenes in nature until imagery and music take an incongruous leap.

AZTEC SONG
2021
Kathleen MacKenzie Video / Loretta O'Sullivan Cello

AZTEC SONG Night skies and a silhouetted landscape are overlaid with a lament from the cello to create the illusionary nature of a dream.

PEACE
2020
Kathleen MacKenzie Video / Loretta O'Sullivan Cello

PEACE Takes us into an intimate scene of a first snow joined with the peaceful sounds of a winter's walk.

BIRDS BEAKS
2020
Kathleen MacKenzie Video· Poetry / Loretta O’Sullivan Cello

BIRDS BEAKS  Is a poem without words. It is a timely video of contrasting imagery and accompanied by the short dramatic gestures from the cello.

I AM POPE
2020
Kathleen MacKenzie Video· Poetry / Loretta O’Sullivan Cello

I AM POPE  Is a video poem inspired by my poetic elegy to Pope Joan. The cello's ballad underscores the poignant story of this legendary Pope.  

ZEUS
2020
Kathleen MacKenzie Video· Poetry / Loretta O’Sullivan Cello

ZEUS Is a video poem of montage images that tells an ancient and timely story without resolution. The cello's lament expresses contradictory feelings of anguish and anger.

BLACKBIRD
2020
Kathleen MacKenzie Video· Poetry / Loretta O’Sullivan Cello

BLACKBIRD  Follows a woman’s stream of consciousness as she sips her cup of tea. I interweave myth and current events to reveal human tragedies. The music reflects the rhythms of the story, ending in the linger of a haunting whisper from the cello.