Joanna Callaghan
Moving Image
A mind's eye, 2009, 35mm cinemascope, 13'
Written & Directed: Joanna Callaghan
Cast: Oliver Phelps, James Phelps
Lighting: Joaquin Bergamin
Music: Peter Coyte
Edited : Jaime Estrada Torres
Produced : Heraclitus Pictures
Funded: Arts & Humanities Research Council & University of Bedfordshire
A mind's eye
Imagine the essence of a Thing. Now imagine a place where the essences of all Things exist. Can you?
Come on a journey to Plato's world of forms. With Stanley, a latter day Socrates as our guide, what could possibly go wrong?
A mind's eye seeks to discover if philosophical concepts can be translated into images and what role narrative can play a role in developing a coherent vision of these concepts. The first of a series of films by Joanna Callaghan, exploring the ideas of key philosophers throughout history.