RB Films

Great fun filming and celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring for the ‘Warwick Presents’ team . So joyful to come along and jump into the action with everyone - so much warmth and love! I didn’t expect to be covered in the powders too but I love that people felt they could bypass the camera and smear my face! Also super glad I wrapped the cameras up. Going to be some great images from this one.

Happy Holi everyone!

My first attempt at super 8mm filmmaking was for ‘s first solo show After All. After All is a show celebrating our vulnerable and courageous existence, exploring the death rituals we have; the ones lost and those that need inventing.

This collaboration was an exciting undertaking and started in lockdown 2021. Solène asked me to help create a ‘visual eulogy’ which would go on to be projected within the show - during her funeral! Together Solène and I documented joyful moments of life, through the seasons, capturing the senses.

It was an exciting challenge to film on super 8, knowing that the stakes were high as each roll cost so much to be developed! It was brilliant to be disciplined with how I filmed, not being able to check each shot until it had been committed to the tape and sent away for processing. I was always on the edge of my seat when the roll came back, and absolutely delighted that *most* of the shots came out beautifully. (We won’t mention the out of focus material I had spent a day exploring in the wilderness to capture…)

After All was premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 and I first got to see it at in September 23. If you get the chance to see Solène’s brilliant show, do go see!

📷: stills from super 8 film

In April 2023 I was invited to a rural village, Stenum near Skara, in Sweden by local artist Berith Stennabb for a 10 day residency.

Here within the lakes and the trees I was able to spend time with my practice, experimenting and playing with my drone/camera/sound recorder. It was a unique opportunity to allow my creativity to find its expression without the need for any specific outcome. I've enjoyed building on my time in Sweden since then and I'm looking forward to sharing what's next!