LIFELINES: Echoes of Domestic Discordance

Films by Barbara Sternberg, Lucas Haynes, Deborah Stratman, Phil Solomon, Michael Robinson, Louise Bourque, Charlotte Pryce, and Robert Todd.

A selection of expressive short films centred in familial settings wade through a facade of nostalgia to investigate an unseen psyche of anxieties and upheaval. Private reminiscences evoke internal struggles with absence and loss amid uncertain dread and unspoken desire.

PROGRAM

The Magician's House
Deborah Stratman | 2007 | USA | sound | 6 minutes

Transitions
Barbara Sternberg | 1982 | Canada | sound | 10 minutes

Curious Light
Charlotte Pryce | 2011 | USA | silent | 4 minutes

Tired, Stale Eyes 
Lucas Haynes | 2023 | Australia | sound | 8 minutes

— intermission —

Fissures
Louise Bourque | 1999 | Canada | sound | 3 minutes

Chiquitita and the Soft Escape
Michael Robinson | 2003 | USA | sound | 10 minutes

Nocturne 
Phil Solomon | 1980/1989 | USA | silent | 10 minutes

Fable: I Want The World, Clean
Robert Todd | 1999 | USA | sound | 15 minutes

Total duration : 66 minutes + intermission

This presentation is supported by the London Arts Council through the City of London’s Community Arts Investment Program.