On Being
The tape is composed of two basic types of shots: a repeating cycle of five simple table-top images of personal objects and self-portrait images recorded in a rural landscape with superimposed texts: Medium Close-Up, Extreme Close-Up,Medium Long Shot, Mid Shot and Close-Up. The sequences are arranged so that they suggest an accumulation of significance because of the order in which they are repeated. The images and objects are combined and reorganised physically and in time to suggest a process of review or thought-process.
The music is Sur un Batteau by Erik Satie, the pianist is Lorraine Anderson.
The work was funded by Greater London Arts, and toured the UK in a show called “Genlock” organised jointly by Intrim Arts and London Video Arts: 1985-86.