selected films

Associations (1975) | Leading Light (1975) | The Girl Chewing Gum (1976) | Hackney Marshes - November 4th 1977 (1977) | Blue Bathroom (1978-79) | Shepherd’s Delight (1980-4) | Om (1986) | The Black Tower (1985-87) | Slow Glass (1988-91) | Gargantuan (1992) | Home Suite (1993-94) | Blight (1994-96) | The Waste Land (1999) | The Kiss (1999) | Regression (1999) | Lost Sound (1998-2001) | Worst Case Scenario (2001-03) | Hotel Diaries (2001-07)

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Frozen War (Hotel Diaries 1)
Ireland, October 8th 2001. 11 mins.

A disorientating experience while attempting to watch the TV news in an Irish hotel room triggers a spontaneous response to the bombing of Afghanistan.

"In Frozen War, UK artist John Smith, holed up in a hotel room far from home, turns the tables on the TV news as he starts to ask the questions they never do." Abina Manning, programme notes for Video Mundi Film Festival, Chicago.