Diana Baker Smith and Kate Blackmore
Brief Illuminations Between Interruptions
2022
Single channel 4K video
13:12 minutes
Cinematographer: Nisa East
Photographer: Anna Hay
Sound Recordist: Ingrid Rowell
Costume Designer: Leah Giblin
Hair & Makeup: Leila El Rayes
Production Coordinator: Jade Muratore
Composer: Kelly Ryall
Sound Design & Mix: Bob Scott
Colourist: Justin Tran
Edit Assistant: Angelique Pham
Brief Illuminations Between Interruptions is a film about motherhood, artistic labour and female friendship. The work is a record of a dialogue, unfolding across two years, between artists Diana Baker Smith and Kate Blackmore. Together, they reflect on the complexities of motherhood, the politics of care and their shared experience of becoming pregnant at 40.
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This project was commissioned by Ngunungulla for the Video Commission exhibition, curated by Megan Monte and Milena Stojanovska. It received additional support from UNSW Art & Design, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.