THE MAN IN THE WOODS
Three-channel video installation, dibond and aluminium
(2018)
Three advertising art directors were commissioned to design a set for the first two scenes of the screenplay ‘The Man in the Woods’. In the screenplay, a city-worker named Milton enters a contemporary gallery, and encounters a work of art that prompts visions of uprisings and revolutions. He subsequently decides to abandon his job, driving off into the distant sunset. Rather than construct the sets, a structured interview was conducted with each art director, discussing the decision-making processes behind their respective outsourced designs.
The artwork’s title is taken from the 17th century epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’ by John Milton.
With thanks to Steve Blundell, Max Lincoln, and Harriet Porter.
single-channel edit
screenplay
Three-channel video installation, dibond and aluminium
(2018)
Three advertising art directors were commissioned to design a set for the first two scenes of the screenplay ‘The Man in the Woods’. In the screenplay, a city-worker named Milton enters a contemporary gallery, and encounters a work of art that prompts visions of uprisings and revolutions. He subsequently decides to abandon his job, driving off into the distant sunset. Rather than construct the sets, a structured interview was conducted with each art director, discussing the decision-making processes behind their respective outsourced designs.
The artwork’s title is taken from the 17th century epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’ by John Milton.
With thanks to Steve Blundell, Max Lincoln, and Harriet Porter.
single-channel edit
screenplay
The Man in the Woods (video stills)
Three-channel video installation
(2018)
Three-channel video installation
(2018)