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JUST ABOUT MANAGING, DIGITAL VIDEO WITH SOUND, 12 MINUTE, 2012
Just About managing Employing original spoken word, song and dance, a group of actors and non-actors assemble in various spaces to enact a blackly comic story concerning a man who is good at pretending. Set in and around a primary school at the end of a summer term, the video sees a pupil read a composition aloud to his teacher while staff members participate in an elaborate group activity to celebrate the end of a difficult term. Elsewhere, a lone performer appears to be getting on with some home improvement. Though occupying separate surroundings, At the heart of the video is an investigation into pretence and make-believe. just about managing was presented at southard reid, london in 2012. |