Family History (2010)
Family History from Ruth White on Vimeo.
Family History is an autobiographical film and photobook.
Family Portrait (2010)
Family Portrait (2010) from Ruth White on Vimeo.
Family Portrait is a video made using appropriated edited footage from a variety of films from the website: 'The Prelinger Archives', combined with audio of interviews with individuals from my family, then subtitles added. The three interviews are edited together to sound like the family members are in conversation with me and each other.
Family Portrait Performance: Kevin Dwyer as my dad, Laura Foulkes as my sister Gillian and Elaine Lloyd-Roberts as my mum (2011)
During the Artist Teacher MA I wanted to push the boundaries of the materials and methods I could use to communicate my ideas so I
transcribed the interviews with my family from Family Portrait to produce a script that could be followed by three actors. I worked in rehearsals with the actors and the performance was done once at my MA show for an audience which included my family. Family Portrait combines interviews which make the family sound as if they are all speaking in conversation and the performance does something similar in allowing the family to see themselves and the dynamics of the family from an objective point of view.
During the Artist Teacher MA I wanted to push the boundaries of the materials and methods I could use to communicate my ideas so I
transcribed the interviews with my family from Family Portrait to produce a script that could be followed by three actors. I worked in rehearsals with the actors and the performance was done once at my MA show for an audience which included my family. Family Portrait combines interviews which make the family sound as if they are all speaking in conversation and the performance does something similar in allowing the family to see themselves and the dynamics of the family from an objective point of view.
A book about the art projects I made during the Artist Teacher M A