Filmmaker and
video artist
Stephen Sutcliffe (born 1968 in Harrogate, lives and works in Glasgow)
creates film
collages from
an extensive
archive of
British television, film sound, broadcast images and spoken word
recordings which he has been collecting since childhood. Often reflecting
on aspects of
British culture and
identity, the results are melancholic,
poetic and satirical amalgams which subtly tease out and critique ideas of
class-consciousness and cultural authority. Through an extensive editing
process Sutcliffe’s works pitch sound against image to subvert predominant
narratives, generating alternative readings through the
juxtaposition and synchronization of visual and aural material.
