2 Metre Conversations

A series of short films by Katy Beinart and John Edwards made at the end of the first lockdown in 2020, which document people’s experience of the lockdown through conversations with a friend or neighbour at a 2 metre distance. The films were were commissioned by Phoenix Art Space in collaboration with the University of Brighton’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing and Brighton and Hove City Council. The films are available online at: https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/Events/2m-conversations/ The footage and edited films are now permanently held in the Screen Archive South East.