statement

THE END is a certainty, both in life and in Cinema

But in Cinema, the journey to the closing credits is predicted through the highs and lows of narrative, image and score.

We understand the signifiers of closure - sad music and the archetypal image of a sunset have become a cliche even. However, when the credits start to roll in our own real lives, can we only relate our experience to the virtual lives of actors on the screen? Do films like ‘Shadowlands’ or 'Philadelphia' or the latest episode of 'Casualty' or 'ER' help us to deal with crisis and even death?

Ultimately, are we looking for ourselves in the widescreen image? Or, do we just wish that Tom Hanks or Jennifer Jason Leigh would be playing us in the Bio-Pic of our lives?

closing credits - video installation, continuous loop, dimensions variable;
1998-99, Remastered 2005