An Accumulation of Things |2011|
11m 31s
Verbatim drama

Deconstructing a recorded conversation between my dad, brother and I down to every pause, idiosyncrasy and inflection, I re-enacted each individual speech verbatim, before superimposing the 3 recordings to reconstruct the conversation.

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Nearing the end of a reunion after some time apart, 3 members of the Malough family sit watching poor quality, illegally streamed sport with impenetrable foreign commentary. When a phone call takes the father temporarily out of the room, the brothers' awkward silence breaks down and they finally begin to speak with greater honesty.