Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss
2024 | Duration 13:00 | Digital, 4k | Colour | Stereo Sound
Excerpt of a review by Lucie McLaughlin, published on Paper Visual Art
..By pulling the four women in the film together, with particular focus given to footage of the busy streets, Approx 1 Second of A Sweet Kiss draws attention not only to the intimacy of their dialogue but also to a broader sense of rhythm, imagined, as Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi puts it, not just as ‘vocal emissions or […] the sound of acoustic matter’ but also rhythm as ‘the vibration of the world’. [3] In this context, touch becomes a connective tissue between the protagonist and the city. A long hug amid the backbeat of an ultra-quiet, ultra-manic drum set strengthens the disordered pattern of the work.
The film is punctuated by several technological interventions. In one scene, a dusty television on mute displays a video of Lana Del Rey singing, an ‘image of a moment bathed in a light that is its alone’ to borrow Annie Ernaux’s phrase, from her collective feminist autobiography, to describe those images which follow us, both ordinary and imaginary, and then inexplicably vanish.
TRAILER | APPROX 1 SECOND OF A SWEET KISS
CREDITS
Written and directed | Lisa Freeman
Cast | Niamh McPhillips, Diana Sá, Carminda Soares, Maria R. Soares
Director of Photography | Fábio Mota
Editors | Lisa Freeman, Aoife Carolan
Sound recordist | Luís Silveira
Camera assistant | Márcio Enes
Gaffer | Jotta Sousa
Colourist | Michael Higgins
Sound composer and mixer | Seán Mac Erlaine
Captions | Eat The Pips (Lucie McLaughlin)
Titles, credits, poster design | Or Studio (Kate Brangan & Jo Little)
With thanks to: Miguel Amado, Alexandra Balona, Alice Butler,
Vera Carmo, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Sarah Grimes, Dan Reidy, Julie Weber.
Commissioned by aemi and Sirius Arts Centre.
Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Additional funding Kildare County Council.
..By pulling the four women in the film together, with particular focus given to footage of the busy streets, Approx 1 Second of A Sweet Kiss draws attention not only to the intimacy of their dialogue but also to a broader sense of rhythm, imagined, as Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi puts it, not just as ‘vocal emissions or […] the sound of acoustic matter’ but also rhythm as ‘the vibration of the world’. [3] In this context, touch becomes a connective tissue between the protagonist and the city. A long hug amid the backbeat of an ultra-quiet, ultra-manic drum set strengthens the disordered pattern of the work.
The film is punctuated by several technological interventions. In one scene, a dusty television on mute displays a video of Lana Del Rey singing, an ‘image of a moment bathed in a light that is its alone’ to borrow Annie Ernaux’s phrase, from her collective feminist autobiography, to describe those images which follow us, both ordinary and imaginary, and then inexplicably vanish.
TRAILER | APPROX 1 SECOND OF A SWEET KISS
CREDITS
Written and directed | Lisa Freeman
Cast | Niamh McPhillips, Diana Sá, Carminda Soares, Maria R. Soares
Director of Photography | Fábio Mota
Editors | Lisa Freeman, Aoife Carolan
Sound recordist | Luís Silveira
Camera assistant | Márcio Enes
Gaffer | Jotta Sousa
Colourist | Michael Higgins
Sound composer and mixer | Seán Mac Erlaine
Captions | Eat The Pips (Lucie McLaughlin)
Titles, credits, poster design | Or Studio (Kate Brangan & Jo Little)
With thanks to: Miguel Amado, Alexandra Balona, Alice Butler,
Vera Carmo, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Sarah Grimes, Dan Reidy, Julie Weber.
Commissioned by aemi and Sirius Arts Centre.
Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Additional funding Kildare County Council.
PRESS
ArtReview, Review of Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios by Declan Long
Paper Visual Art, Review of Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios by Lucie McLaughlin
RTÉ Lyric FM- Something for the Weekend: Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
RTÉ Culture 5 - Your Cultural Highlights: Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Visual Artists’ News Sheet Ireland, Film column, detailing Solo Exhibition’s at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin & SIRIUS, Cork
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ArtReview, Review of Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios by Declan Long
Paper Visual Art, Review of Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios by Lucie McLaughlin
RTÉ Lyric FM- Something for the Weekend: Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
RTÉ Culture 5 - Your Cultural Highlights: Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Visual Artists’ News Sheet Ireland, Film column, detailing Solo Exhibition’s at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin & SIRIUS, Cork
