The Bedfords (excerpt), 2009, Henry Coombes,
courtesy of Sorcha Dallas © the artist

Week 3
2nd to 8th November 2009

DRAMA AND SUSPENSE

Drama and Suspense brings together a group of film, video and animation works which suggest the macabre and subvert the cinematic conventions of narrative to create a state of tension in the viewer, including Henry Coombes' powerful drama The Bedfords (2009) set in 19th century Scotland and a series of David Shrigley's satirical animations.

Artists include Henry Coombes, Zatorski and Zatorski, Duncan Marquiss, Dani Marti, David Shrigley, Beagles and Ramsay, Paul Rooney, Matt Stokes and Jason Nelson.

Screen 1

Henry Coombes
The Bedfords, 2009, 19 minutes 38 seconds
Laddy and the Lady, 2005, 12 minutes

Duncan Marquiss
A Nothing with a Vengeance, 2006, 5 minutes
Roggenwolf, 2003, 13 minutes

David Shrigley
Conveyer Belt, 2008, 3 minutes 7 seconds
The Flame, 2007, 1 minute 12 seconds

Screen 2

Matt Hulse
Harrachov, 2007
Half Life, 2004, 5 minutes 45 seconds
Passover, 2006, 60 seconds
Hotel Central, 2000, 9 minutes 52 seconds

David Shrigley
Sleep, 2008, 8 minutes 
Lightswitch, 2007, 1 minute 29 seconds
New Friends, 2006, 1 minute

Dani Marti
The Stamp Collector, 6 minutes 40 seconds

Luke Collins
RR/ PH / 19c Lit. Det., 2009, 7 minutes 45 seconds

Monitor A

Zatorski and Zatorski
Kokoro, 2008, 22 minutes

Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir
Pulpit Palace, 2008, 3 minutes 43 seconds
Paradox Parade, 2007, 6 minutes 10 seconds

Monitor B

Beagles and Ramsay
We Are the People, 1997-2009, 4 minutes

Maurice Doherty
Waiting to Fall, 2001, 34 minutes

Monitor C

Zatorski and Zatorski
Mother, 2008, 5 minutes 20 seconds

Paul Rooney
Lost High Street, 2008, 12 minutes

Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir
There is a Party at Paracide Park Tonight, 2006, 5 minutes 11 seconds