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UK, 2012, 14 minutes
colour, sound, 16mm
Beatrice Gibson's latest film Agatha is a psychosexual sci-fi about a planet without speech. Its narrator, ambiguous in gender and function, weaves us slowly through a mental and physical landscape, observing and chronicling a space beyond words. Based on a dream had by the radical British composer Cornelius Cardew.
Credits:
Director and Producer: Beatrice Gibson
Cinematography: Nick Gordon
Editing: Beatrice Gibson
Music: Earle Brown, Jennifer Allum
Principal cast: Laura Bartlett Adam Broomberg Leni Broomberg Sarah
Entwistle Beatrice Gibson Nick Gordon Elizabeth McAlpine Ruairiadh O´Connell
Amalia Pica
Themes:
Science Fiction,
Narrative,
Identity,
Landscape,
Language & text