FILM

Margaret Salmon creates filmic portraits that weave together poetry and documentary. Focusing on individuals in their everyday habitats, her slow-moving films capture the minutiae of daily life and infuse them with gentle grandeur to touch upon universal human themes. “It is the ghost narrative in mundane tasks that I find interesting. Having been inspired by Soviet and US propaganda films from the 40’s onwards as well as the Cinema Vérité and New Wave movements in the west, I feel drawn to portraying the common struggle of working class subjects. Often filming the daily activities of people close to me, I attempt to reveal the dramas, tensions, and beauty within these characters.” (MS)