by Liss Platt
2008, 10 minutes, bicycle performance with 16mm colour film and audio on cassette

‘You Can’t Get There From Here Redux’ is a short experimental documentary and a kinetic scrapbook of being sixteen. Cacophonous, contradictory, and constantly on the move, this coming of age story is rife with burgeoning queer desire, adolescent rebelliousness, and family crisis. Ultimately, the film is about the irreconcilability of striving for and running from, of growing up and shutting down, of pursuit and flight. The Redux version of this piece is more gestural and less narrative than the original, and is presented in a performance where I peddle a bicycle to power the projector. The performance forefronts my body – its effort and struggle – underscoring themes explored in the film.