A PERFORMANCE MADE TO CAMERA FOR LOOPED EXHIBITION AT 'THE LIGHTHOUSE' IN BRIGHTON, UK, AS PART OF 'LIGHT NIGHT'. THIS WORK WAS LATER DEVELOPED INTO A LONGER VIDEO PIECE, FOR WHICH I WON A COMMISSION FROM THE 'READING EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL' IN LATE SUMMER, 2009.
IN THE FILM I HOLD A SMALL PERSPEX MIRROR IN MY MOUTH, AND REFLECT THE SETTING SUN TO DAZZLE A RECORDING VIDEO CAMERA LENS. AN UNSCRIPTED FORM OF MORSE CODE RESULTS. FOR THE 'READING EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL', WHICH TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON, I INSERTED THE MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, 'MAN IN THE MIRROR', AS A SOUNDTRACK, AND SUGGESTED THAT THE 'MORSE CODE' PERFORMED SPELLED OUT THE LYRICS.
THE FILM FESTIVAL WAS HEADLINED BY GUY SHERWIN, WHO PERFORMED A SEMINAL 70's WORK TITLED 'MAN WITH MIRROR', IN WHICH FOOTAGE OF THE ARTIST HOLDING AND ROTATING A MIRROR IN FRONT OF HIS HEAD TO CAMERA IS PROJECTED AS PART OF A PERFORMANCE OF THE SAME ACT.
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