The latest docu-collage from artist Andrew Kotting, about his family life in the Pyrenees, is something of a frustration
There are interesting moments in this brief, stylised feature from British artist and film-maker Andrew Kötting: a collage of images and voices. But I confess to finding it often opaque and slightly frustrating. These are impressions of his life in the French Pyrenean farmhouse where he lives with his partner Leila and 22-year-old daughter Eden, who has learning difficulties due to being born with a genetic disorder. With a deep and obvious love, Kötting films the paintings that his daughter completes: these are her still life studies, and perhaps the whole family has a "still life" in this remote region. It looks idyllic and probably is. There is something bold in recording their lives in something other than the brow-furrowing language of a conventional documentary about disability. But I found...
There are interesting moments in this brief, stylised feature from British artist and film-maker Andrew Kötting: a collage of images and voices. But I confess to finding it often opaque and slightly frustrating. These are impressions of his life in the French Pyrenean farmhouse where he lives with his partner Leila and 22-year-old daughter Eden, who has learning difficulties due to being born with a genetic disorder. With a deep and obvious love, Kötting films the paintings that his daughter completes: these are her still life studies, and perhaps the whole family has a "still life" in this remote region. It looks idyllic and probably is. There is something bold in recording their lives in something other than the brow-furrowing language of a conventional documentary about disability. But I found...
- 11/18/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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