selected films
Gargantuan
(1992) 1 min. Colour. Sound. 16mm.
"London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and acutely conscious of how imagery depends entirely on its framing. A voice-over intones the words ‘huge’ and ‘strapping’ as a lizard almost fills the screen, then ‘medium’ as the camera zooms out, then ‘tiny’, and finally ‘minute’, a pun on the film’s running time." Fred Camper, ‘Chicago Reader’ 2001
"A wonderfully witty example of how to conduct pillow talk with a small amphibian." Elaine Paterson, ‘Time Out’ 1992.
