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Standing on Waterloo Bridge in 2021, the artist re-examines the personal impact of Derek Jarman’s final film, ‘Blue’ (1993). His celebrated experimental film is a poetic reckoning with his grief at the loss of friends, lovers and his own life as a result of AIDS-related illnesses. ‘Time is what keeps the light from reaching us’ is an audio essay, sampling from the film itself, asking the question, what does it mean to review Jarman’s film without an image today? A re-view, in this case, might be defined by a multiplicity of looks; seeing again, anew, once more. As the artist finds out, ‘Blue’ casts its shadow over all they see. From the vantage point of many years, ‘Time is what keeps the light from reaching us’ is a cinematic vision; a long-distance double-take.

About Cassandre

Cassandre Greenberg is an artist and writer. Most recently, she completed the audio documentary, Touchdown. She was the 2019 recipient of the Michael O'Pray Art Writing prize, and her texts have been published on Art Monthly, The White Review, The Architectural Review, and others. She has shown works at ICA, IMT Gallery, SPACE studios, and Auto Italia.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts.

Cassandre Greenberg - Writer, Director, Performer & Producer
MX World - Musician
Martha Pazienti Caidan (NTS) – Executive Producer
Mark Estall - Sound Engineer

Archival material from BFI National Archive.

Quotations selected from Blue by Derek Jarman (1993), with thanks to Basilisk Productions and James Mackay.