New Metal Age

A short super-8 film made in Jubilee Cave, North Yorkshire as part of my PhD research. Crawling from the rear of the cave entrance passage, through mud and over rocks, the piece embodies the experience through the jerkiness of the camera and the indistinct imagery at the start of the film. Chance visitors to the cave witness my emergence. The main still image shows sunlight reflecting from an old laptop hard-drive strapped to my head. The title refers to the new age of extraction of rare metals and minerals.