And You Were Wonderful, On Stage

movie

An immersive film installation by Cally Spooner. In this work, a musical for six continuously rolling cameras, a black box soundstage and its inhabitants, are recorded in a single take. The mechanics of the shoot (cameras, microphones, mixing boards, chromakey screens and crew) remain as present as the performers they capture. Cast and crew become a constant-motion human backdrop, pragmatically recomposing scene-changes through lighting cues, voice, body movement, or continuous shifts of filmic apparatus and props. The semblance of a post-production edit arrives through the organisation and orchestration of bodies on set. Delivered by a chorus line of women, the film gossips about various celebrities, athletes and politicians who have outsourced their performances to different technologies.

Cast & crew

Jenny Minton · Priya Malik · Hai-Ting · Caroline Fermin · Logan Kruger · Cally Spooner · Chloë Turpin · Rhiannon Drake · Rebecca Thorn · Kristen Foote

Studios & networks

Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre · Performa 13 · Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam · Tate Modern