This intense video portrait has been created from documentation of Charlie’s touring ‘kiss-in’ event. Selecting key moments from over 10 years worth of research into the act and dynamics of kissing, this video offers some unexpectedly revealing, intriguing and challenging insights into human behaviour and public display
Integrating excerpts of dialogue with recordings of kissing taken from inside the mouth, composer Jorge Queijo has developed a mesmerising score that integrates the sound of kissing with electronic, choral and cello instrumentation.
This work is also presented as a performance – which combines live audio recordings taken from inside a kiss – with prerecorded instrumentation, electronic samples and a haunting cello solo performance by Tara Franks.
