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Hands of We Will Sing
a film by Ali Lycett
Director of Photography
& Film Score Tom Diffenthal
Editor Lauren Paige Dowling
Filmed over the course of a year, Hands of We Will Sing offers an intimate portrait of Ann Hamilton’s practice, tracing the slow unfolding of memory and imagining during the creation of We Will Sing, a exhibition that fills the three expansive roof spaces of Salts Mill in Bradford.
This 15-minute film is thoughtful and tactile. It interweaves voice, historical context, process and material to echo the themes of Hamilton’s work and shaped through the filmmaker’s year long observation.
Hands of We Will Sing is exhibited along side Ann Hamilton's We Will Sing in Salts Mill from 3rd May to 3rd Nov 2025
We Will Sing
Ann Hamilton, is one of America’s most distinguished visual artists, We Will Sing is the first major work created by Hamilton in the UK for more than 30 years, and the first time all three spaces on the top floor of Salts Mill in Bradford have been combined to present a single artwork.
Drawing on the origins of the textile processes that once filled this huge space, Hamilton’s site-responsive installation weaves together voice, song and printed word in a material surround made from raw and woven wool sourced from local textile companies H Dawson, and William Halstead.
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