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PHENOMENON 1999
created, written, directed, performed (and camera) by sarah cameron 1999
camera Andy Rumball
thanks to Jordan Andreopoulos JAMvfx and brand new 2022 score by James Keane
PHENOMENON 22
inspired by PHENOMENON 1999 in 2022
this is a very rough scratch excerpt, the film is in the making, the writing aye in the writing
PHENOMENON 2022 is part of a 5 film installation
created, written, directed by sarah cameron
camera charlie doherty
music/sound James Keane
experiments in emotion
experiments in emotion was born through The Open House strand of Brighton Festival in 2022. I chose to use The Open House as an open studio. PHENOMENON 1999, originally shown in MY OLD MAN SAID FOLLOW THE VAN curated by Carolina Grau was resurrected and its accompanying poem, though rough, had good bones from which to birth a new piece of writing and the performance film PHENOMENON 22. The works in experiments in emotion were all realised, made, written, filmed, played, scored and performed in the 2 months just before the exhibition (in the case of the Super 8 film PHENOMENON 99 (and the pret-a-porter sculpture Chapeau de Jalousie - pret-a-porter sculpture's page is under construction) re-born. Each was either a sketch or a work in progress, the intuitive brushstrokes of works in flux, motion, enquiry. The challenge was to show my working process within the strict boundary of a limited time-frame, no matter where I was currently in terms of practice, knowledge or research; also, to initiate immersion and freedom of play without judgement, question, fear or even aim; liberation after a period of stasis, both self-imposed and (pandemically) imposed; engagement with the world after a period of isolation and change; restoration of former skills and inquiry into new ones. The experiment has manifested several long-term projects.
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the fizz an’ curse (section five) the commotion
“YOUSE
bloatit sooted-booted secks
o’feechie fyle veenality *disgusting foul
grubbin’
maire onON maire o’feelthy ill-got booty *more filthy
YOUSE
savage, perfumt SCUM
seek-o’pense, void o’milken-kindness seeck-of-thought *sick of mind
faur-socht*, malverse*, soulless *scheming *corrupt,dishonest
creepin-kneesy-tap-beastie-sodden-cerpet pander tae thiefie king an’ Queenie
fill stufft yir oily pockets wi oor money *stuffed your
oor dosh! Ugh
YOUSE *YOU
scunnersome hertless *FUDS *abhorrent dicks
schamin eejit leear *THUGS *scheming idiot *liar
cruddy hoity-toity murhtherin’ bawBAGS *curdled murdering scrotums
o’crockination* an’ HATE destruction
take take take
…aw swindling swickerie* *swindlng
a deal a dab a wadge fou* o’ dollar *full
grinnin’ idlers
butcherin’ ivery livin’ creatur
tae bluidy smasherie an’ ruinage,
gettin’ feelthy rich an’ plush filthy
UGGSOME SLUGS!
vapid tae the crusty brim, BARRON
o’ empathy, humaneety
nae drap o’common decency in yourn stiff-upper & tart souls
Souls! Youse dinnae hae any!
- the weans stairve
mithers, faithers wirk lifeless an’ breathless
eildit an’ infirm dinnae hae a chancie *elderly
scholarts nae hae time tae study jest tryin’ tae find the money
futurs boond by det & bill
bombs iver drapp frae BLAH BLAH tae BLAH BLAAT *drop
biblical in pairt
coffers ower-flow wi’ bluid-draigelt profeet *blood drenched profit
an’ the-whiles we gasp fir breath
youse powdert dandies perty *party
PERTY!
quaffin’ liquid ruby an’ sperklin’ gowd *sparkling
ramshin’ gowd encrustit chooks an’ hams *chickens
gowd ice-cake an’ middle-finger emerant sponge *emerald
stuffin’ siller coinage up gash an’ erse *vagina and arse
ivery sodden orifice
wi’ ransackt drip an’ swag
cos there’s nae maire space in yer hoose, yer bank!
An we, we the near rest o’ the warld ,be damned
MURTHERERS, youse!
We, the great unwasht
Expire,
oor lungs arreestit arrested
cos youse bandits have stole ivry pairt o’the globe *every part
frae ivery human an’ ainimal soul. animal
YOUSE CUNTS!
Feck off! feck
Youse too can jest feck off
FECK OFF intil an ditch
A CURSE UPO” YER HEIDS!
DIE, youse odorous, silken-kittet FRAUDS
Youse bumptious unctuous wanthrift TURDS extravagant
DIE a yaukin-pine, lanerly, dunk an’ clarty daith *agonising/ *lonely/ *damp/*dirty
let nae-soul keep tender yon luvless haund til the hereafter
let kelt an’jobbied flea-sappit rats ramsh rank flesh *very dirty/ *shitty/flea-soaked/gobble
rip-oot
root by root
gowd-dippt teeth
an’ whiles youse aye quiverin’-breathe,
may fylt black beetle slorach satin gem-filt ears soiled/eat noisily, slobber
slaw, slaw slow
that we may hear youse yelp an’ squaw
in agonisin’ thraws
let sleepperie wirm sup-upo’ slochie* pumpt maw slippery/*slimy
an’ jelly een* *eye
while youse guffaw guffaw
Hah!
an’ may slaikit, bausie tongue beslobbering/large, fat, course
hivy an’taut wi deessemblin’, dissemling
aye evisceratin’ the poverty-struck,
the knackert
the burnt oot
seekin’ tae live athoot
squalor war famine
may thon tongue rot,
turn black an’thick as dung,
an faw aff fall off
A CURSE UPO” YER HEIDS! YOUR HEADS
Die!
Bottler* an maggot *bluE bottle
be soleetary freends
when thon brain is ate by creamy wrigglin’ beasties
heid crackt sindert * apart
boilt egg mush
bowfin unholy maukit * stench smelly/filthy, decayed, putrid
grub pus an’ foulest excrement
be aye alert
tae squeerms an’ teeny-tiny maws gobblin’
frae cerveau tae erse-hole tae soul brain/arse-hole
iverefter
A CURSE UPO’ YER HEIDS!
DIE
anguisht in terreefication an’ crushin’ pain terror
nae howp o’resurrection, or gain
let mangey merciless hell-hoond
frichtsome o’canine fang frightful
ane by ane
shred lairdy-digits, fat-a’dreepin’ lardy
frae greasin’ erses the continents far-streechin’
let frenzied mutt devour
ilk cunnin’ joint an’ deegit athoot surrender each/digit/without
rip whack tear spleet *split
cleave guzzle slerp
an’ verra verra toothsome
afore yourn weepin’ een,
sclice yon spleen, slice
shraid snooty snout raw, gnaw shred
bluid draigelt bone drenched
NOWT but massacre
Karma fir millenia o’plunder, slauchter, murder
Know,
know well that youse are
but dist dist dist
Awa,
awa tae rot in hell,
Youse suppurating gang o’ne’re’do’well!
Youse villains, bruits,
crabs strippt hellish nakit
Niver tae atone
Flayed til bone
Anerly wicket o’ deed
A CURSE UPO’ YER HEIDS!”