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Perils – Is This What You Were Born For? Part 5

Abigail Child

1985

Duration: 5 mins

B&W,

Sound: opt

Available Format/s: 16mm

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‘Perils’ is an homage to silent films: the clash of ambiguous innocence and unsophisticated villainry . The work recreates Theatre , dramatising the postures of melodrama to confront and question our ideas of romance. – A.C.

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