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Time out interview for Cosmographia
video, 2010
Steve Richards and Rachel Cattle
Art: In the studio
Time out interview
Rachel Cattle and Steve Richards
By Helen Sumpter Posted: Thu Jan 14 2010
So what's with the obsessive drawings of the maze-like
pattern?
RC: 'The pattern is based on the carpet in the Overlook
Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. Kubrick's use of pattern was a
starting point to look at how shapes and patterns recur - from a microcosmic
scale of a molecule, to a macrocosmic scale of the universe. In 'Cosmographia'
the same shapes exist in many different forms; as 2D drawings, 3D constructions
and reflected kaleidoscopically in mirrors.'
And the dramatic, operatic soundtrack?
SR: 'That connects to certain other types of patterns -
the idea of octaves, eternal recurrence and circular narratives. The film can
be seen as abstract but also contains a narrative trace of an outward journey
and a return. The soundtrack - an Italian aria, works in a similar way'
RC: 'The aria is also about a journey but can have
meaning without knowing the story or the language.'
That's a lot of ideas to pack into a ten-minute short.
SR: 'That's also a part of what the film is exploring -
whether complicated ideas might be condensed. On one level it can only hint at
these ideas - like the shapes of Platonic solids, which are referenced in the
film. But if they are looked at in a certain light they might reveal a whole
other story.'
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