Johanna Billing, Each Moment Presents What Happens, 2021, 27’25” loop HD, production photo by Andrew Jones, courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London.

Film

Johanna Billing

Each Moment Presents What Happens, 2021

In haar films verkent Johanna Billing de evolutie van onze maatschappij via de interactie tussen mensen, waarbij ze de uitwisseling soms ensceneert. Haar project Each Moment Presents What Happens herinterpreteert de eerste bekende happening in Black Mountain College in de VS: Untitled Event (Theatre piece number 1, 1952) van John Cage. In de film registreert Billing studenten van een Britse school in het midden van een experimenteel en multidisciplinair proces vol improvisatie, dat openstaat voor mislukking, uitwisseling en verbeelding.

Each Moment Presents What Happens

A film by Johanna Billing

Credits

Director of photography John Podpadec | second camera operator Jake Lucas | third camera operator Nyles Hollister | Sound recordists Paul Baker, Todd Sinden, Josephine Cressy | Technical student assistant Jemima Victory | Theatre AV technicians Mathew Avery and Tom Borthwick | Directorial assistants Asha Peacock and Astrid Finn Kelcey | Stills photographer Andrew Jones | Piano workshop leader Eddie Parker | Vinyl workshop leader Isaac Stacey | Choreography workshop leader Emily Brown | Painting workshop leader John Lever | Reprographic workshop leader Ruth Bennett | Film workshop leader John Popadec | Edited by Johanna Billing | Sound mix by Henrik Sunbring, Helter Skelter studio. | VFX and Grade Ben McIntire | Title cards and graphic design Leo Norgren (font Dear Sir Madam by Radim Pesko) | Featuring Belnice Helena Nzinga, Jamie Potter, Tasha Burnell, Luke Dorman, Alex Brown, Simone Burgess, Louise Nunn, Jasleen Singh, Marcus Stevens, Mateo Davis, Jemima Victory, Charlotte Burge, Inigo Gonzales, Cara Addleman, Noah Hughes, Eden Vaughan, Frankie Moses, Alex Trowsdale, Sol Woodroffe, Amara Jenkins, David Goodgame, Asha Peacock, Astrid Finn Kelcey, Stan Smith, James Rossington, Amara Jenkins, Kyria Walker, Hattie Taylor, Zoe Wakling, Katy Miller, Kate Rumley, Jess Partridge, Makary Crosby, Lara Abraham, and Kevin (dog) | Commissioned by Bristol Grammar School to commemorate the opening of the 1532 Performing Arts Centre | Produced by Josephine Lanyon in association with Bristol City Council | Supported by the University of the West of England | Notes Readings from “Lecture on Nothing” and “Lecture on Something”, written by John Cage (Silence: Lectures and Writings, Wesleyan University Press, 1961). Poems written and performed by Jasleen Singh and Cara Addleman. Mateo Davis performs the songs ”White keys” and ”Oregano", originally written and performed by Gonzales (”solo 1” album, No Format, 2004, ”solo 2” album, EMI music publishing, p & c Gentle Threat, 2012) | Special thanks Matthew Bennett, John Lever, Beth Morgan, Jane Troup, Kitty White, Dominic Franks, Jon Rees, Vicky Hearn, David Briggs, Julia Carver, Rob Bowman, Robert Massey, Aldo Rinaldi, Ty Cornick, Bella Cornick, Hester Cockcroft, Naomi Triggol, Michelle Cave, Michael Sims, Gerry Mitchell, Aman Khera, Jemma Edwards and Rebecca Davies