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| VIEW EXTRACT | photo Margaret Williams |
TATTOO Trees, insects and birds look-on as the countryside is invaded by a lost regiment of soldiers engaged in a repetitive display. The senseless beauty of military drill, dwarfed by the landscape, is by turns absurd and disturbing. Commissioned by Arts Council England & BBC
Awards Grand Prix International Video-Danse, nomination 2002, Saint Etienne Camera Nic Knowland Editor Philippe Kotlarski Music Graeme Miller Production: Anne Beresford, MJW Productions
The film extracts a dimension that is poetic, formal and choreographic from a material as apparently antithetical to ‘dance’ as is military drill. Sober and restrained, its formal economy is underlined by the use of black and white, by humour, and the treatment of image and sound. Jury statement, 11ème Grand Prix International Vidéo Danse, Saint-Etienne, 2002. Miranda Pennell’s beautiful short Tattoo, features soldiers marching in unison. Filming on a wide open expanse of land and evincing a brilliant use of light and shadow, Pennell perfectly captures the severe conformity and geometric precision of the regiment. Tattoo (UK) is a gem of military movement and body language, wittily filmed and edited. |