Excuses is one of a collection of 8 stylistically coherent black and white
micro-videos that use spoken text and found footage to create oblique
dreamlike narratives. They were created by playwright/poet/auteur
Mark C. Hewitt in a creative collaboration with digital artist Matt
Parsons. Each is voiced by a different actor, with Excuses voiced by Irish actor John Cormack. These miniature works were conceived as
non-illustrational visual counterparts to an enigmatic poem sequence
with the overarching title, Les Coffrets, meaning the boxes, related to
the shape of the poems on the page. The 'authorial voice' in these texts
is largely abandoned in favour of chance elements, such as words seen
on clothing or lines of overheard conversation or phrases from online
advertising, some of which occur in Excuses. As such, these narratives
offer no consoling message. The visual aesthetic pays homage to classic
film noir and early Surrealist photography. Be driven by what you love!
