Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down

Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down was an exhibition of work by Paul Kinderlsey, Liv Fontaine and Huhtamaki Wab. Curated by Cabbage and developed over the past year by Cabbage's Resilience Programme, the exhibition displays the painting, drawing and sculpture that underpin each artist's practice.

When this film was first conceived there were two aims. Firstly, to provide documentation of the exhibition, allowing anyone who is unable to visit in person the opportunity to experience the show. And secondly, to test out and experiment with the essence of what documentation can be, allowing the innate storytelling ability of each of these artists to interweave with their physical works. We wanted to make an on-screen experience where the sense of physically being with a work and carried away by a work - that moment where you can feel the presence of an artist's spirit and are transported to their world - was created through a mixture of sound, walk through, and performance. In happy addition to this, the film also documents a day in June 2021 where after a year at home, the creative team spent time up ladders, on the floor, and climbing into costumes by the recycling bins. It was a joy to make and we hope you enjoy watching it.

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The Artists
Paul Kindersley
Liv Fontaine
Huhtamaki Wab

With
Tamara MacArthur

Directed & Edited by Sean Patrick Campbell

Produced and Edited by Jenny Tipton

Assistant Camera Morwenna Kearsley

Commissioned by Cabbage