Astrid’s Masks

In ‘Astrid's Masks’ the artist and her young collaborator demonstrate decorative mask making and experiment with camera masks using a matte box. Filmed over a weekend, the script is written as they go along and authorship is shared, as direction comes from in front of and behind the camera. This is the 4th film in a series that uses Astrid as a subject. Michael’s 16mm films animate constructed spaces, referencing early visual music and 1970s educational films. The medium and atmosphere of her work stir up anachronisms and skip generations, embracing nostalgia as a tool for exploring the now.

— Fay Nicolson, artist

UK, 2014

16mm film transferred to HD video, stereo, 4:3

12’

Work no.4 in the Astrid Series

Performance by Astrid Everall (aged 10). Camera and edit by Sophie Michael. Telecine by iDailies

With special thanks to The Elephant Trust, Richard Bevan, Astrid Everall, Brighid Lowe, Enid Bucket, Andrew Munks.

Previous presentations

2014

Tokyo in the Fall, Gerald Moore Gallery, Eltham College, London, curated by Fay Nicolson and Henrik Potter, 2014

Install view at Tokyo in the Fall, Gerald Moore Gallery, Eltham College, London, 2014. Photo by Jack Hems