Andrew Garrick is based in a matchbox shaped room that peeks onto a major Sydney street. Andrew shares this box with a fiery little woman who also works in the universe of mobile phones, commercials, short films, anything that moves and is imaginative and can potentially be a source of life or of income to have a life. Andrew crafts animated men with large chins, surreal park scenes of floating kites and picnics, corporate videos and now poem films.
It was my last minute Occasional decision to film Claire Potter writing her poem on the night, (photographs on their way) in the light of the dummies, in real-poet-time. Over her shoulder Andrew followed Claire’s fingertips as Bird became Bird-Card became Bird-Card For Lingis became a U-Tube Bird-Card For Lingis Flight
