104691/Z/14/Z: Unseen : The Lives of Looking (Phase 2 & 3)Funding for Production and Post Production Phases

Project Summary:This first long form essay film by contemporary artist Dryden Goodwin will delve into distinct worlds of intense scrutiny, through the self-reflexive prism of his singular and intense drawing and filmmaking activity. 'Unseen: The Lives of Looking' will explore different scales of looking, different forms of looking, different reasons for looking, in a poetic and metaphysically charged journey, charting a series of close encounters by the artist. The film will focus primarily on three individuals , each with a distinct relationship to looking: a planetary explorer, a surgeon and a human rights lawyer. Working beyond conventional narrative and script, yet weaving compelling intricate emotional through lines, the film will be informed by the close observation of each world. The artist's own gaze and implicit presence will forge the bond that links the lives of these probing observers. Growing out of Goodwin's long-term investigation into expansive forms of portraiture, the film aims to unlock diverse worlds, to expose the kinship of those who live by the sensory rules of observation and visual analysis in the pursuit of knowledge. Revealing the specialist skills and methods of the lawyer gathering evidence, the surgeon's effecting of medical change and the planetary explorer's decoding of the cosmos, an episodic structure will emerge in a shifting visual palette. The film will extend into a cinematic context the role of the soundtrack, a key component in Goodwin's work. A 5 m onth gallery exhibition of the film will open in February 2015 at the National Maritime Museum.

Grant Holder:Mr Dryden Goodwin

Organisation:Miscellaneous London

Financial Year:2013/2014