What Now?

What Now? is an intimate, meditative film focusing on small embodied movements that explore the moment of crisis which often comes at the end of a big project, or during periods of flux. Like the moment when a wave withdraws from the beach and mingles with the beginning of another wave, this sensory work looks to explore the little messy beginnings and endings, and sense of chaos that comes during the limbo between ideas. Threaded together as an immersive and ritualistic visual poem, the work focuses on the body, exploring and challenging its limitations, as a helpful practice for this period.

The film is accompanied by detailed, poetic descriptors of the film’s audio landscape, designed to enhance and expand the sensory experience of the film. By centring and framing the descriptions as a piece of artwork in their own right, I am hoping to explore how centring access, rather than presenting it as an afterthought, can be used to innovate and expand a piece of work. 

What Now? is a short film commissioned by Wysing Broadcasts, curated by Hannah Wallis. To watch the film and read the audio description click here.

To read a review of What Now? by The White Pube click here.

What Now? featured as part of Caption - Conscious Ecology, a series at Nottingham Contemporary, chaired by Jaipreet Virdi. To find out more about the event, click here.