A Short Story About Nothing

An ancient plot without the lure of a resolution. A dysfunctional dialogue full of emotional tension and discord. In essence the basic elements of a love story that goes on beyond the ever after. ‘A Short Story About Nothing’ is told by collating sound recordings, images taken in a cinema auditorium and one B/W photograph. As a moving image it is about everything and nothing in particular. As a story it relies as much on the uttered words as on what is left unsaid. On one level, it shows the tangled feelings caused by a stalemate in a relationship. On another, it reflects the author’s unresolved long-term love affair with cinema. 

Created with Graeme Hogge and the following members of the Bristol Experimental and Expanded Film Collective (BEEF): Eliza Lomas, Mr. Hopkinson, Niyaz Saghari, Sam Francis, Shirley Pegna, Snoozie and Zoe Tissandier. Footage and recordings were made during a BEEF residency at the CUBE cinema in Bristol December 2022. The residency was funded by the West of England Visual Arts Alliance. ‘A Short Story About Nothing’ was shown as part of the International Arts Festival Ruthin in North Wales in 2024.

It was made in 2023, Length: 3’1’