Third Eye View is a play on words and images. A cab ride through New York City’s Midtown Tunnel is distorted and juxtaposed with over processed footage of the same trip until only abstracted elements remain. The result is an eerie, cartoon-like effect.
The Line of Beauty draws on Hogarth’s exploration of the serpentine line in his Analysis of Beauty. Here, the line is created by elements found in a trip through London’s Rotherhithe Tunnel. The Line is created by the journey itself. The meandering path through the tunnel and the opposing traffic all conspire to create a rich cast of characters which support the Line created by the row of lights which illuminate the tunnel’s interior. Though it is clear that the only movement in the film is the forward motion of the vehicle, movement is implied and artificially created in post production to transform the immobile line into a curving, undulating, and breathing one.
Distaff is Old World lexicon for women’s work or things that are known to be traditionally female-related. This film takes images from a recent US Open tennis match between tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams and harshly contrasts that with stereotypical images of women of African descent taken from cartoons from the early part of the century. Much is often made of Venus and Serena’s physical abilities and their ability to ‘overpower’ their opponents as opposed to their strategic acumen during games. This contrasted against the exaggerated physical features of the illustrated women. Often, as with the sisters, their physical features are exaggerated, specifically their legs, behind, and facial features, often depicting them as manly and lacking all femininity.
Ephemera seeks to explore the impermanence of things in everyday life. Time, travel, pleasure, money are all constructs that we have been conditioned to embrace.
Post Destruction Deconstruction takes the viewer further into Amoy’s fascination with the skeletons of structures, whether they be bridges or in this case, the remnants Brighton UK’s West Pier. The apocalyptic footage with it’s original haunting soundtrack draws the viewer in whilst creating a visual and sonic feast which explores ideas of mortality and ideas of space and intimacy.
