A Deal With Dog was sponsored by Ed Video for the 2022 online Improvisation Festival, and was based on a previous audio piece where I sang the song “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” while walking up a steep hill in Northwestern England. For this new video iteration, I sang Kate Bush’s song “Running Up That Hill” (the most obvious choice) while walking across rolling hills in rural Southwestern Ontario with my dog, Farley. As I walk and sing through the tall grass in height-of-summer-heat, my breath becomes laboured and my voice starts cracking. Farley and I disappear from view, but our panting remains. The video was improvised and recorded in one take.
MEGAN ARNOLD 