As a classically trained composer she fuses traditional instruments and orchestration with applications of digital technology. The work is an ongoing exploration of human identity, particularly our hidden lives and emotional landscapes and is often melancholic and epic in scale.
She completed her training at the National Film and Television School where she developed a passion for the merging of image, movement and music. She uses film and video in her work, often digitally manipulated and re-coloured, to inject a sense of hyper-realism, nostalgia, loss and hope into the pieces.
She has collaborated on a variety of projects with games developer and researcher Dan Pinchbeck since 2003, including a series of experimental game mods. The latest of these, Dear Esther, was selected for Prix Ars Electronica 2008 and has already been downloaded over 10,000 times. They have recently been commissioned to create a new experimental game mod: Korsakovia, designed to investigate how players cope when normal anthropomorphic cues attached to agents are removed.
She has exhibited internationally and has received commissions, residencies, grants and awards from organisations such as the The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Society of Arts, PVA, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Labculture, Arts Council England, Hull Time Based Arts, Exeter Phoenix, CIBAS and Arts and Technology Partnerships. She was the first ever Artist in Residence at the New Media Centre at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and was also selected for the European Media Artist Residency Exchange programme in Germany.
Her latest film, i carry your heart, was shown around the world in 2008, including the prestigious Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Venezuela; several festivals in Germany; Poland; India and in the UK. She has recently been selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2009, a six day international creative summit in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival. She also sits on the Board of Directors for PVA Media Lab, Dorset.
I Want My Children
Jessica Curry Lyrics
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I want my children you unholy bastard!
The lyrics of Jessica Curry's song "I Want My Children" are powerful and emotional, capturing the intensity of a mother's love for her children. The opening line, "What are you doing, little piggy?" creates a sense of hostility and confrontation, as the singer addresses someone who has interfered with her life before. The line "Do you think I will allow you to sabotage me again?" reveals the singer's determination to take back control and protect what is most important to her.
The second line of the song is perhaps the most striking: "I want my children you unholy bastard!" This line speaks to the depth of the singer's love for her children and her fierce protectiveness. The use of the word "unholy" suggests that there is something sinister or evil threatening the children, perhaps a force that the singer believes is not of this world. The word "bastard" is a strong and emotional term, revealing the anger and frustration the singer feels towards whoever has come between her and her children.
Overall, "I Want My Children" is a powerful testament to the strength of a mother's love and her determination to protect her children at all costs. Through its provocative and emotional lyrics, the song captures the intensity of this love and the fierce protectiveness that parents can feel towards their offspring.
Line by Line Meaning
What are you doing, little piggy?
Why are you trying to interfere with my plans and actions, coward?
Do you think I will allow you to sabotage me again?
Do you have the audacity to believe that I will let you ruin my efforts once more?
I want my children you unholy bastard!
I am vehemently demanding for the return of my offspring, you wicked and impious scoundrel!
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