Fight, 2010

Single channel video, aspect ratio 16:9, 5 min,16mm film transferred to HD, stereo sound

Fight forms part of a trilogy of 16mm films, each of which focuses on one gesture that occurs between two people temporarily isolated within a public environment. In each film the gesture becomes a dance between the two protagonists propelled forward through the fluctuations of the dynamics between their respective energies.

Fight portrays a physical exchange, taking place between a young cycle courier and an aged Hells Angel. While absolutely different physically, the two men match each other’s strength and the dynamic of the piece is built on their respective waves of aggression and withdrawal.

Filmed on steadicam, the act of looking itself feels embodied as it observes the event from constantly changing vantage points, approaching and withdrawing just as the two men keep performing a dance of aggression around each other. Each work in the trilogy is filmed as a continuous uncut take.