All That Mighty Heart...

As well as having the previous exhibit in the Phoenix Gallery, there was also a second which was a short film created by Jayne Wilson. Infact there were two films although I only had time to see the first longer one. The 10 minute film was produced carefully with researched images found in archives. Amongst this the film also included modern day time and movement. This created humor and a twist to keep you interested in watching.

The film starts out as mechanical engineering and grows about her obsession with numerical sequences. The qualities that were put together produced an associate with early factory days in post world war. I liked the sequence very much because the mechanical engineering way of thinking has been around for so long. Many of the steam powered machinery is now very different, but doing the same things. We take too much for granted. A steam train has now become a fast electric train.

I really liked the phase that came up on the screen: "The short hand goes round the circle in twelve hours. The long hand goes round the circle in one hour and moves from dot to dot in a minute." I think it really summed up what the work was about when a clock was displayed. Its as if we have taken technology to a new level but we have never forgotten who created or where and what it was made for. 

Photograph taken by myself displays the machinery cogs that Jayne Wilson had in her film.

The room was very dark and it felt unclear whether I should step in. I was not knowing what to expect. Their must have been a sensor because the movie started to play and I sat down on the sofa provided. Images were displayed for a long time as the sound and movement showed mechanical cogs moving faster and faster. It kept going back to various ones. After a while the film started to speed up and photographs and video were being displayed very quickly flashing on and off. There was a big build up and then the short film started to slow down to end. It was as if the machine was told to work faster for a short period of time.