The soundtrack — police radio intercepted using a found hi-fi receiver — was recorded in the South London squat the artists shared in 1984; it would be 15 years before the audio was finally joined to the film.
Asphalt Cooker aka Tar Kettle
Denise Hawrysio (1988 / 2003)
Sound by John Wynne
· Pandemonium Biennial of Moving Image, Lux, London, 2003
· Analogue & Digital, Fieldgate, London, 2007
· Transcentric, Lethaby Gallery, London, 2008
Sound by John Wynne
· Pandemonium Biennial of Moving Image, Lux, London, 2003
· Analogue & Digital, Fieldgate, London, 2007
· Transcentric, Lethaby Gallery, London, 2008
“In Jackhammer, Snow Shovel and Tar Kettle, the camera is fixed to the handles of those objects in such a way that the object to which the camera is attached extends into the scene…. Because the framing is tight and the subject vibrating we have no reliable clues to guide our reading of the films. Furthermore, snow may fill the frame, steam from the boiling tar obscure the field of vision or lumps of tarmac move and detach themselves from the road as if animated by hand. The difference between camera vision and human vision is pinpointed. The camera gets in between ourselves and our technology.”
Nicky Hamlyn, Film Art Phenomena