Ker Wallwork

Short extract from screening edition with open captions.

Moving image and audio-description of a one hour performance staged outside the Home Office.

The performance was developed with actors and revolved around the simple ambiguous image of a young woman eating fresh figs and glaring at passers-by in places where state power is wielded, or its consequences enacted.

The sound was recorded using a hidden microphone worn by a professional audio-describer who observed the scene.

Audio description by William Elliot

Performers: Kemz Ade, Francine De Clercq, Johanna Korte, Sharonjot Mahi, Chanelle McKenzie, Shavana Miah

A sculpture housing drawings, prints and photos of archival material relating to frustration in community organising and healthcare settings. The title and print on the felt refer to the “Grid” used at La Borde clinique (Loire Valley, France), a non-hierarchical way of organising labour between staff and patients.  

On the wall behind are three pieces of text about interviews; one describes the emotional aftermath of an interview between an academic and someone involved in politically radical communities, one is the beginning of an imagined interview with a person in a hospital and the third is edited from guidance given to Department for Work and Pensions work coaches on how to conduct work-related interviews with sick or disabled claimants who are not able to work.

Digitally scanned 16mm film, open captions and sound.  

A short story about a person who craves human touch.