Under The Blood

Overview

Under The Blood 2003, is a 13-minute film which investigates belief, faith, trust, religion, god, power, responsibility, authority, love, life, surgery, death and blood. The soundtrack is based on an adapted sermon from the evangelical minister Billy Graham and is combined with intimate footage of open-heart surgery. A horror film. Under The Blood is a scary and intense work, the result of an Arts Council England residency at Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, commissioned by Wysing Arts. In 2007 Under The Blood, was featured in the inaugural exhibition Heart at the Wellcome Collection.