Dear Sam

Concrete is such a topical typical word for an artist to make a film about. Why don’t you make a film about jelly?
It rolls.

Best wishes

Moira

Dear Moira

apologies for the delay in replying

I agree, concrete is a maybe a ‘typical’ artist subject. The phrase ‘concrete film’ as much as anything is what I liked – trying to find parallels with ‘concrete poetry’ – investigating and expressing through form as well as content. I was also inspired by the fly over on Liverpool and the way concrete constructions often represent that 1950s utopian vision of the future. Sufjan Stevens did a fantastic musical piece about the Bronx Queens Expressway which celebrates a seemingly mundane piece of urban architecture.

I have to say, having thought about it, I do much prefer ‘Jelly Film’ as an concept. Indeed since starting, my journey has been away from a fixed ‘concrete’ idea and form to a more exploratory approach, and the belief that, whatever happens, my film will inevitably take some kind of form, much like Jelly.