Darran Murray
Images of a Dirty Old Mind (working title)
This project is a fictional portrayal of one of America's most revered and least understood writers, Charles Bukowski. Taken from his book of short stories The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and other stories and from other writings by him in poetry (Burning in Water Drowning in Flame) and novels (Ham on Rye), this project aims to examine this very complex and cruel but often very hilarious character. Most of Bukowski's writing is autobiographical in nature and provides a great insight into how he lived and worked as a struggling writer who came to prominence late in his life. A loner alcoholic the scenes in each image attempt to create the persona Bukowski has created in his work through his alter ego Henry Chinaski - as played by a semi-professional actor and writer. Each image carries excerpts from interviews and writings by him where the scenes acted out explore his strongest and weakest characteristics - loneliness, alcoholism, womanising, factory worker, gambler, his sense of humour, and of course as a writer. Each image then is a still performance by the actor based on this man in how he lived his very extreme and unordinary life.
Lee Costello • Amanda Gourley • Daniel Graham • Niamh Grimes • Daniel Holfeld • David McClean • George McManus • Ruth Medjber • Darran Murray • Philip Murray • Louise Phipps •
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
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Dublin Institute of Technology
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University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
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London College of Communication
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