Incidence of Catastrophe (1988)
In the video, Thomas the protagonist is played by Hill which confounds the self-reflexive nature of the book’s relationships all the more, making the video something of a “transcreation.” The “reader” begins in the liquidity of the text almost as if he were waking from drowning. Images of the sea ravishing the shore – small cliffs of sand eroding and collapsing – are inter-cut with extreme close-ups of text and the texture of the page and book itself being flooded with ocean waves. In scene after scene the reader attempts to re-enter the book only to find himself a part of intense dreams and hallucinations.
Director: Gary Hill
http://garyhill.com/work/video/incidence-of-catastrophe.html
| Lighting | Rex Barker | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Gary Hill | Writer |
| Editing | Gary Hill | Editor |
| Camera | Rex Barker | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Gary Hill | Director |
