Jayne Parker (b. 1957) studied at Mansfield College of Art Canterbury College of Art and the Slade. She was a visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths' college from 1984 until 1998 and has taught at the Slade School of Fine Art since 1989. Her work has been shown widely at art venues on television and in film festivals internationally. Jayne Parker discovered film as a medium when she was a sculpture student at canterbury College of Art (1977-80). Objects performance and gesture were combined by the camera to explore space duration and the physical body. Soon the films became... independent works. Free Show (1979) is a film in three acts in which domestic events have overtones of threat as well as the circus (cutting liver ironing a fly plucking eyebrows). RX Recipe (1980) a lage eel in a bath is stuffed with vegetables and bandaged by a woman who then similarly binds her won leg to whispered instructions on the soundtrack. Cat (1980) was the first of a series of roughcast but sharply drawn animations featuring a woman a cat and a fish. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Collection of three short films by British artist and filmmaker Jayne Parker. 'Free Show' (1979) is split into three acts and looks at domestic events which have overtones of threat as well as the circus (cutting liver, ironing a fly, plucking eyebrows). 'RX Recipe' (1980) features a large eel in a bath, stuffed with vegetables and bandaged by a woman who then similarly binds her own leg. Finally, 'Cat' (1980) is the first in a series of roughcast but sharply-drawn animations featuring a woman, a cat and a fish.
Collection of three short films by British artist and filmmaker Jayne Parker. 'Free Show' (1979) is split into three acts and looks at domestic events which have overtones of threat as well as the circus (cutting liver, ironing a fly, plucking eyebrows). 'RX Recipe' (1980) features a large eel in a bath, stuffed with vegetables and bandaged by a woman who then similarly binds her own leg. Finally, 'Cat' (1980) is the first in a series of roughcast but sharply-drawn animations featuring a woman, a cat and a fish.
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