SITE-SPECIFIC
Site-Specific is a showcase of the innovative research project currently being undertaken by Charles Brockbank. As a multidisciplinary artist, I am exploring public space as an alternative performance environment. In the film you can expect to see juggling inspired by parkour and skate culture, allowing us to see our surroundings in a different light. There is also comedy juggling inspired by Buster Keaton, trespassing and kinetic sculpture. This film can be shown with live performance elements, presenting experimental manipulation of wooden planks and bespoke choreography deceived in the performance space all with a fresh and comical energy. This project is supported by Arts Council England's DYCP.
Tough Crowd
Tough Crowd follows the desperate journey of the juggler, as he ventures out in search of an audience. Exploring public space and circus in the virtual landscape, this short film finds humour in the complexities of the current climate. Born out of a larger project from 2022 involving creating and filming a video every day for 6 months, it prompts the viewer to contemplate the cultural zeitgeist. This film was selected to be apart of the Circus International Film Festival 2022 and shown as part of Bristols Circus City Festivals outreach in 2022.
OUTSIDE THE CLUB
Short film made by Broken Box Collective 2019. Juggling by Charles Brockbank, Ben Nicholson and Robin Boon Dale. Narrative assembled by Charles Brockbank. Filming and editing by Richard D’Costa of D’Costa Films. This project was funded by Arts Council England.