Swan's Island
a film by Bill Brand and Katy Martin
SWAN’S ISLAND explores gesture in painting, and how that relates to the hand held camera. Katy Martin paints on her own body, and Bill Brand captures the painted figure and its trace. In its choreography, SWAN’S ISLAND is a duet. The person filming and the person filmed are moving as one, and yet they are separate, each an island. Seeing and being seen are inextricably bound with emotions of love and loss, longing, and a sense of place.
2006, 5 minutes, 16mm, color, sound
available on DVD
For more information contact:
Bill Brand & Katy Martin
108 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
si@bboptics.comlink to Katy Martin
link to Bill Brand