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Human Error in the Mechanical Age

Paul Tarragó

1997 00:11:24 United KingdomEnglishB&WStereo4:3Super 8 film

Description

Another dream film. Eschewing the hyperkineticism so beloved of Super 8 makers, I locked off my camera and wrote a slow narrative, combining live action and animation.

Set in the hinterland between a good book and a bad night, Human Error… is testament to the inappropriate misapplied at the wrong time. Moving from woodland to bedroom, home life turns bad as man’s best friend becomes a moving target. The hitherto sidelined sister moves centre stage to assume an accusing glare, whilst the young man down on his luck - and by now on his knees - sings a sad lament.

Described in the Whitechapel Open screening notes by Andrew Kötting as: “Glorious dreamscape and a dog connection, reminiscent of a bygone era at the dawning of the age of the answer machine”.

About Paul Tarragó

Paul Tarragó is a filmmaker, using both video and celluloid, living in London. His work? A mix of underground experimentation and metafiction, tugging at the leash of film language but with narrative often held close at hand.

His work has shown widely on film festival and gallery circuits (International Film Festival Rotterdam, NYUFF, EMAF, National Review of Live Art, Triangle France, Kino der Kunst), and includes several award winning experimental narratives, video installation, a collaborative feature film, cinematic sketchbooks, moving image + live soundtrack performance work, etc.

A formative influence on his DIY approach comes from his experiences (from 1993-2006) as a core member and activist with the Exploding Cinema: a collective dedicated to originating alternative methods of exhibition for low-budget/artists' film and video and related performance.