ACUMEN
1990
Colour 16mm - 23 mins
Various characters appear stranded on a beach buried under large piles of their own memorabilia and self-importance. A bag lady follows the white lines down the middle of the road. Codified autobiography, expressed as a disjointed series of vignettes that stubbornly refuse to reveal any literal meaning. With Gladys Morris and her husband, my grandfather; Albert, Benji Ming, Sean Lock and Maddy Morris.
Collections:
The Lux - London
Camera ; Nick Gordon Smith
Sound : Toby McMillan and Mark Kötting
Lighting : Gary Parker
Editors : Andrew Kötting and Janni Perton
Music : David Burnand
Producer : Kay Philips
Woman following the white lines down the middle of the road : Anne Tirard
Artist buried under the weight of his own self importance : Sean Lock
Man in green tights : Benji Miing
Gladys : Gladys Morris
Albert : Albert Morris
Woman in the bath : Maddy Morris