Nicci Haynes lives in Canberra, Australia. In her own words she “does performance, printmaking, drawing, animation, makes mad-scientist constructions and sometimes makes ‘films’ from joined image sequences made from drawings, sheets of paper and objects, which is a strategy to unify separate parts of a diverse art practice”.

The title of this Poetry Minute “Journey Home … For The Last Time”, immediately conveys a sense of loss ... of transitioning from a place of familiarity and routine, to one of reminiscence. Nicci captures the passage of becoming estranged from this familiarity. Where you find yourself in the vacant space, the commute. Watching as what was once home becomes “just the names of places”.

‘Many times in the past 25 years I have made the flight from Australia to London, and by train to Nottingham where I grew up. As my parents grew older I knew the time would come when I would no longer have the need to make that journey. The footage taken for ‘Journey home’ was taken in 2019 to be with my mother for, what turned out to be, her final days. It is the last time I can really think of that journey as going home’ - Nicci.

JOURNEY HOME FOR THE LAST TIME
Created by | Nicci Haynes
Video by | Nicci Haynes

A Poetry Minute is curated by Bongile Gorata Lecoge-Zulu