Me
2013, digital video, sound, duration 27: 03
Cinematography and editing by Darren Sylvester and
Alifeleti Tuapasi Toki. Screenplay by Darren Sylvester and
Anthony Carew. Featuring Richie 1250, Maria Angelico,
Danny Ball, Clara Francesca, Paul Greenow, Mel Glav,
Dennis Manahan, Noriko Nakamura, Sarah Nicolazzo,
Cameron Roche, Emma Russack, Autumn Royal,
Zayd Thring, Esther Van Doornum, Ian Wadley
and Will Weatheritt.
Me is a sit-com length video that contains an array of
interchangeable characters contemplating the world in
that old world performance of conversation.
Discussing such things as life, Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Snapchat, Tupac, holograms, the death
of Myspace, Friendster, Andy Warhol, CCTV, reality TV,
handbags, viagra, The Simpsons, The Smiths, the internet
and internet dating from a script based upon Sylvesters
art work titles, song lyrics, short stories and interviews
forming a self-portrait that reflects us all. The characters
in Me are a present day Adam and Eve – branded
and stranded.