Dead Air
Video Installation Rachael Marchant The telephone by invisible connection has the ability to unite two geographically separate places through sound. Cinema responded to this new technology visually, utilising the split screen technique. The piece draws attention to this unusual internal framing, its shop front location removes all audio; on one screen a telephone rings silently and connects muted conversation whist on others teasingly suggestive vignettes appear. Body language and cinematography are forced into the limelight. Strange and tangled narratives emerge through sight alone. That was the description for the Flatpack Festival catalogue about my work. It’s so strange to write about something I’m still don’t really know the shape of, let alone title it – I already don’t like the name!
