Hoi-Polloi

This is an early example of the use of ‘soundscaping’ through cut-ups and bricolage to create ‘implied narratives’, a theme which recurs in Gallivant. The film evokes the disembodied voices of the hoi polloi manifest as an ‘animistic presence’ within the landscape. Part home-movie and part diary, the work shows various friends and family that passed through my life in the French Pyrennes. It stars Eden and also features the voice of my grandmother Gladys. Hoi-Polloi sees the beginning of a fertile collaboration with the musician David Burnand.