Installation view at Kunsthalle Bern. Photo: Gunnar Meier. Courtesy: Kunsthalle Bern & the artist.

Close-up/ Quiet as it's kept/ Quiet as it's kept/ Close-up
2023
6-channel 4k UHD video
Stereo sound, consisting of 2 single channel projections (16:33 min, looped),
2 double channel projections (8:16 min, looped), each with sound

Film Still.

Installation view at Kunsthalle Bern. Photo: Gunnar Meier. Courtesy: Kunsthalle Bern & the artist.

Installation view at Kunsthalle Bern. Photo: Gunnar Meier. Courtesy: Kunsthalle Bern & the artist.

Film Still.

Installation view at Kunsthalle Bern. Photo: Gunnar Meier. Courtesy: Kunsthalle Bern & the artist.

Film by Deborah Joyce Holman
Actress - Tia Bannon
Extra - Celine Pierron
Producer - Tobi Kyeremateng
Assistant Producer - Priya Palak
Shoot Producer - Hannah Naomi
Production Runner - KC Ugwu
Studio Assistant - Shantelle Palmer
Director of Photography - Adenike Oke
Camera Assistant - Joy Kisuka
Gaffer - Ramzey Sabbagh
Gaffer - Jamie Hitchens
Spark - Sam Saunders
Spark - Alexander Styles
Production Designer - Elizabeth Anibaba
Art Assistant - Hannah Naomi
Prop Supervisor and Driver - Hamish Mckerchar
Stylist - Seyon Amosu
Stylist Assistant - Yufial Fari
Stylist Assistant - Joram Siguio
Hair and Makeup - Lauryn Brown
Hair and Makeup - Rashida Blair
Editor - Deborah Joyce Holman
Colorist - Anibal Castaño
Sound Designer - Chad Orororo
BTS Photographer - Xanthus Peters

With thanks to Bernice Mulenga, Casey George, Dominique White, Ebun Sodipo, GLO Film Lighting, James Bantone, Jelena Luise, Jim C. Nedd, Julia Grosse, Kabelo Malatsie, KJ Abudu, Latoya Fits, MCX Films, Mearg Negusse, Mohamed Almusibli, Nana Adusei-Poku and Wisrah Villefort.

Close-up/Quiet as it’s kept/Quiet as it’s kept/Close-up is commissioned by Kunsthalle Bern and made possible with the additional generous support by ProHelvetia and Curt und Erna Burgauer Stiftung.