A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
About
@hortus_silvam
1994-2021
Moving image; soundscape
an unseen challenge
Super-8 black and white film transferred and edited to single channel HD video with composed stereo soundscape
Cinematic screening: 4 mins 12 sec
Gallery | Site specific exhibition in a dark space: Continuous loop with sound
A young man fights an unseen challenge. He flounders angrily, frantically trying to rid himself of an invisible assailant, yet his fight seems disturbingly real, his exhaustion palpable. The film frame encloses his action oppressively, the soundscape is loud, distorted and uncompromising, composed from insistent electromagnetic signals.
Performer: Tom Noone
Location: Oxford
Selected work on the theme of inner landscapes. Landscapes of mind and body, where the intangible is transformed into visceral, poetic narratives; diverse in form and content, both reflective and responsive, allowing humour and the absurd to interact with melancholy and disquiet; to shimmer briefly in your imagination.
performance, unseen, memory, anxiety
© Sophie Standford