This experimental short uses found-footage and audio to explore the tactile and visceral relationship of sound and image. ASMR soundscapes of museum restoration and 1950s film noir are combined to create an unexpected mix of surfaces.
Made for Foley Workshop, University of Oxford (June 2023). This video draws on the work of sound artist, designer and researcher, Julie Rose Bower, and our previous collaboration concerned with foley work and its embodied nature. The video responds to Bower's work on the relationship between foley and ASMR practices, using several examples from her series 'ASMR at the Museum' to explore the visceral qualities of sound and a playful dynamic between sound and image.
Julie Rose Bower: julierosebower.com
ASMR at the Museum: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2ihXndm5jseo_RGEGeEbPy09z0nlmZE
Included in Sight & Sound's Best Video Essays of 2023 bfi.org.uk/polls/best-video-essays-2023
Selected for Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art summer screening series 2025.
