Eden Kötting

A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

Andrew Kötting's film retraces John Clare's journey from Epping Forest to Northamptonshire accompanied by a straw bear.

From London to the far reaches of Scotland, the journey in the form of a quest for a whalebone box, related to its place of origin.

Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.

A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.

Beginning in the pitch-black early hours of a September morning, the film follows a 14hr 17min cross-channel relay swim that I made along with my brothers Mark and Joey, a friend Ian Dale, the actor and comedian Sean Lock (Smart Alek and co-writer of This Filthy Earth) and the actor Tchili (This Filthy Earth and Ivul). The attempt was witnessed by the writer and wordsmith Iain Sinclair and is narrated by Eden Kötting. The film came about in 2006 (the 10 year anniversary since the release of the original film Gallivant) and the chance discovery of a boat called The Gallivant, which offered to shadow us across the Channel as a support vessel. Flotsam and jetsam in the form of conversations, field recordings and the voices of Gladys and Eden from the original film invade. The film shows scenes of explicit vomiting.

Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.

A documentary examining the causes and effects of Joubert syndrome – a rare hereditary brain disorder, which affects both the motor and intellectual development of its sufferers.