An edit of a stop motion experiment shot by @aleksandramphoto in my studio a couple of months ago. Sound is taken from an interview with @nickcaveofficialand a recording I made in my tent in the Cairngorms during a storm. I’m excited by pushing over the edge between the known and the unknown, what’s ‘allowed’ and not allowed (the ‘shameful’ line as NC puts it) and what it takes to get over that line. I found the process of making this work took me to that line and somewhere beyond. We were talking about my ‘mask’ works and the idea to shoot me painting myself came out of it. I was using pretty nasty paint so I had to keep my eyes closed which enhanced the sensuality of the touch of the brush but also took away a sense of security. Work in progress.