University of Hertfordshire

Lynne Marsh will present three recent video installation projects, “Plänterwald”, “Camera Opera” and “The Philharmonie Project”. She will discuss her research process, including her interest in the particular sites where the works are filmed and the production process. Each work emphasises a form of performativity that will be explored in the talk. These can be described as: the performance of the camera, which takes on an active role in each work sometimes as a character or subject itself; the way she engages people who work on site and how that shapes a dialogue between documentary and performance; and each work’s specific use of choreography - the movement of cameras or bodies in the space and in relation to each site.