Video Still: Grist. 2002, 9:15 mins, Colour, Beta SP, Dual Channel Video Installation
Grist is loosely based upon the similarities between animal and human behaviour in flawed environments. Using the biblical story of Cain & Abel, the project proposes that a complex mixture of inheritance, circumstance and fate determine an individual’s life course. Based on an assumption that Adam and Eve’s post-expulsion environment could be deemed inferior, flawed, or faulty, Grist suggests that this environment transforms desire, which in turn transforms environment… creating a cyclical network of self made and innate obstacles.
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Writer, Director, Producer, Sound Editor, & Computer Animation: Deanna Bowen
Cain – James Baldwin
Abel – David Hamen
Eve – Robyn Sanford
ASL Interpreters: Nancie Anderson, Jo Bennett, Sue Kean, Anna Lawley, Carolyn Lesonsky
Sincere Thanks to: The Canadian Hearing Society
Narration: Nancy Macleod
Director of Photography: Marcos Arriaga
Camera Assistant/Follow Focus: Serhat Yalcinkaya
Additional Camera Assistance: Guillermo Marin
Gaffer: Gerry Mendoza, Quin Martin
Sound Recordist: Christina Battle
Boom Operator: Cuthbert Duncan
Sound Mixer: Julie Saragosa
Dolly: Clayton Shert, Chris Leach
Equipment & Post Production Facilities: The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
Stock Footage: NGT Film Library
Funded by the Ontario Arts Council