A Hard Day’s Knight

‘A supercilious chess-player becomes obsessed with his white pawn as he sees her getting closer to becoming a queen. In his efforts to catch her, he enters into the game himself, with disastrous results.’ (Flora Kerrigan)  

In this playful exploration of hierarchy and power as manifested in the game of chess, Kerrigan experiments with film technique and applies emulsion washes to the film strip itself.  

A Hard Day’s Knight is part of Flora Kerrigan: Dream Maker on the IFI Archive Player. To view more of the collection, please click here.