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Matthew Noel-Tod
Blind Carbon Copy
2008
Screening format: Digi Beta, DVD
55 minutes

Commissioned by Film London Artists' Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) in 2008 as part of the Bristol Mean Time residency in partnership with Picture This.

Synopsis
'Blind Carbon Copy' is based on an evocative script collaged from the artist's personal email correspondence. The emails are interpreted via a combination of spoken, physical and musical performances, taking its central focus from the language and emotions of the correspondence. The title of the film refers to the process of sending a blind copy of an email or letter to a hidden third-person recipient. Perhaps the viewer of the film is the blind carbon copy recipient?

Noel-Tod's film rethinks 1970s examples of artists' performance addressing technology and disembodiment. In 'Blind Carbon Copy' there is an attempt to reverse the cold, impersonal state of technological communication through the primacy of human speech and performance. Words and phrases become incongruous and weighty as they are lifted from their natural context and reinterpreted both by actors and by the audience. The newly produced work draws parallels between traditional artistic expressions - such as life drawing, dance and music; and technology - such as cars, computers and discos, to comment on the contemporary human condition.

The complex shoot for 'Blind Carbon Copy' took place in Bristol in the same space in which it will be exhibited and features a cast of actors, life models, children, and dancer Saju Hari with musicians Corey Orbison and Katapulto. The dramatic imagery in the film uses light from car headlights, lasers and smoke machines.

Matthew Noel-Tod's work combines an interest in technologies with references from conceptual art, cinema, philosophy and literature. Having exhibited internationally since 1999, Noel-Tod has explored and refined his ability to create multi-expressional videos that display a range of aesthetics and explore the interplay between words and the moving image.

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