I Adore You
What does devotion look like in the 21st Century? A documentary exploring the spiritual powers held by seemingly ordinary objects.
Through a series of intimate portraits, I Adore You explores the relationship between spirituality and popular culture, asking what contemporary pop shrines and relics look like, and what role they play in our inner lives.
Photographer Alice Hawkins channels bravery, strength and femininity through her Dolly Parton collection, and the act of stepping into her shoes.
Musician Warren Ellis, of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, recalls the 1999 concert where he saw Nina Simone perform live, and the moments before he followed his impulse to take home a piece of chewed gum that she left on the piano, crediting his successes and creativity to this ‘hair of christ’, his holy relic.
Nina Durban and Athen Kardashian explore the power of everyday objects, and how they are able to evoke memories and stories. We follow them prop hunting on Ilford Lane, and carefully arranging the items that make up one of their shrine sculptures.
Emma Hart considers herself to be completely ordinary, but in the corner of her living room behind closed doors sits years of memories and stories, manifested into her collection of Prince ephemera and memorabilia, built piece by piece throughout her life.
