A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 2007
Original Title:
Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 12
In 2007 Picture This and Film London Artist's Moving Image Network commissioned Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck through the Bristol Mean Time residency. The film takes audiences into dark allegorical scenes depicting religious iconography, outmoded superstition, and slapstick comedy. Sick Serena employs imagery from British ecclesiastic stained glass to create a visually and conceptually rich, dense and multi-layered film. The work references Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial 1963 short film La Ricotta, for which he was imprisoned for blasphemy on the basis of 'enacting' a religious scene as a comedy sketch. The scenes that unfold invoke both a sense of unease and amusement.
Camera Operator:
John Podpadec
Director:
Emily Wardill
Hairstylist:
Louise Allen
Lighting Camera:
John Podpadec
Makeup & Hair:
Louise Allen
Sound:
Paul Baker
Sound Engineer:
Dominic Fitzgerald
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