Drawing Music, Mark Morreau, 4 mins, 2010. Featuring the work of Naomi Kendricks, set to the soundtrack of Ugandan Krip Hop Artist Ronnie Ronnie’s DaDaFest Anthem. Commissioned by DaDaFest International, and shown on the BBC Big Screens throughout the UK in 2010. Together! with DaDaFest.
I Know My Place, Still No Excuses, 5 mins, 2009. An hilarious take on the classic sketch from a disability perspec- tive. Written by Mandy Redvers-Rowe, performed by Mandy Redvers-Rowe, Ali Briggs and Mandy Colleran, and produced by Asta Films. One of the four films that formed part of DaDaVisions and was shown on the BBC Big Screens throughout the UK. Together! with DaDaFest.
Portrait of the Artist by Proxy, Alison Jones, 4.5 mins, 2009. Animation. What happens when the artist’s gaze is redirected by the audience? One of the four films that formed part of DaDaVisions and was shown on the BBC Big Screens throughout the UK. Together! with DaDaFest.
Pixie Dust, Gina Czarnecki, 3.5 mins, 2009. Plays with ideas about the plastic, cyborg body. Funded by DaDa and the Wellcome Trust. One of the four films that formed part of DaDaVisions and was shown on the BBC Big Screens throughout the UK. Together! with DaDaFest.
The Rose, Caroline Parker, 3.5 mins, 2009. Animation is mixed with performance by sign-song queen Caroline Parker. One of the four films that formed part of DaDaVisions and was shown on the BBC Big Screens throughout the UK. Together! with DaDaFest.
Wandering Star, Transmitter, 4 mins, 2012. Made in Graz, Austria, the work is about dreaming, loving and traveling – and loving the traveler. Transmitter Band: I Ate the Percussion; Music: Lila Shwammerlin; lyrics: David Bower; voice: Isolte Avila; Signtheatre: Laura Goulden.
The Dinner Party, Katherine Arianello, 2011. Katherine reworks the comedy sketch Dinner for One to reflect the contemporary enthusiasm for Assisted Suicide. The film pastiches Paralympian excellence, charity bungee jumping and pity towards disabled people’s ‘tragic lives’ as the dinner party conversation proceeds.
Katherine’s Story, Katherine Arianello, 2011. Playing a non-disabled person, Katherine appeals for charitable relief from her suffering as a result of the terrible disease commonly referred to as “Normal”.
Sick Bitch Blues, Katherine Arianello, 2012. The film challenges medical perceptions of disabled people with references to disability, sickness and Dignitas, juxtaposing this with absurdity, humour and bluntness
Fellow Traveller, Ju Gosling aka ju90, 6 mins, 2011. An explorer comes across a magical machine in an abandoned library, waiting for a human to bond with it so it can fly again. Sputnik by Eduard Bersudsky & Sharmanka in association with Garry Robson and Fittings Multimedia. Music by Julie Newman.