Free Show

A film in three acts each act prefaced by a short circus act Act 1 Cutting liver Act II Ironing Act III Plucking Eyebrows Three potentially violent domestic activities performed by a woman Jayne Parker discovered film as a medium when she was a sculpture student at Canterbury College of Art 197780 In early works objects performance and gesture were combined by the camera to explore space duration and the physical body The images in these early films were both literal and metaphoric depicting exact events but also creating physical and personal associations for the viewer Ideas are evoked in images rather than words ordinary actions are also enigmas