we record ourselves
Single screen,multi-screen installation, digital, color, 8 minutes
In 1997 film-maker Katrina McPherson tried to get a film commissioned about the largely overlooked work and life of dancer and choreographer Margaret Morris. That film was never made. Nearly twenty years later, Katrina was commissioned to respond to the Margaret Morris archive and invited Natalia Barua, Owa Barua, and Simon Ellis to join her. This film is what they made.
we record ourselves was originally made as a standalone film and as a 22-screen installation. In 2017, a new version of the film was made for the Bath Spa University Mediawall, an architectural scale portrait format 30 screen gallery, rising 7.5 meters from floor level.
Credits
Natalia Barua, Owa Barua, Simon Ellis & Katrina McPherson
Dubbing Mixer: John Cobban
