Mathew Wayne Parkin

Vaseline

Mirrored wardrobe partially painted white in a bedroom with the caption 'I don't think you're making a film about her I think that you're making a film for you'
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Digital video 43:00. In Vaseline (2018) I visit my grandmother’s house shortly after her death. Mourning and desire intertwine in this intimate portrait, as I consider her life through objects, photographs and interviews with family members. The film seeks to destabilize northern identity using formal and informal archives of local history, labour and accent, building to explore sexuality, witchcraft, and cats. You can watch this on vimeo here.

A rug with part of a cat in the bottom corner with the caption 'A woman who uses language to make material changes in the world'
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multi faceted crystal hanging in front of a blurry window with the caption 'I think for me it's about you knowing what it is you want to represent'
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two piles of photos, face up and face down, on a white table, top image shows two people raising glasses
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two piles of photos, face up and face down, with a photo of a woman dressed as a witch laid over the top, on a white table
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scan of a book on witchcraft overlaid on a garden with the caption 'But yeah glamour and glamourie come from grammar in Scotts which is really closely linked with the supernatural'
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a cat sat with it's back to the viewer in a doorway with the caption 'LIEFER: willingly'
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Figure mainly out of shot using a microfilm viewer
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the corer of a bathtub with a bottle of Mane'n Tail shampoo and a plastic container with a crossed out label saying SUGAR
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detritus on a coffee table including a stack of photos with a copy of Stone Butch Blues visible below
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