12 writers’ portraits
A series of small video installations at Canada House by Peter Wilkins focusing on twelve Canadian writers. Each video was placed in a wooden frame and latest about minutes. He had asked the sitters questions about themselves and then read back their answers to them while filming them. There was no sound, just pictures of people looking thoughtful and reacting to what was being said to them. I found these fascinating. Some of the subjects seem to be trying very hard not to react at all and the women seemed to most expressive. My favourite was Margaret Atwood with was smiley and slightly embarrassed but left me thinking I’d like to have a cup of tea with her.