Dead Air
A Too (9 Ethel Street, B2 4BG)
By invisible connection the telephone has the ability to unite two geographically separate places through sound. Cinema responded to this new technology visually, utilising the split screen technique. ‘Dead Air’ draws attention to this unusual internal framing; on one screen a telephone rings silently and connects muted conversation whilst on others teasingly suggestive vignettes appear. Body language and cinematography are forced into the limelight. Strange and tangled narratives emerge through sight alone.
