Precarious straits introduces:

‘A KIND OF PURGATORY’ by Morgan Quaintance

‘A Kind of Purgatory’ by Morgan Quaintance has been commissioned as part of ‘Precarious Straits ~ survival on Southend’s new coast, Southend-under-Sea’.

Read a PDF version of the text HERE.

This writing accompanies a day of screenings of two of his films, Another Decade (2018) and Surviving You, Always (2020). In response Morgan also leads an open discussion using, as a starting point, the practical conditions, and personal and professional obligations surrounding the production of both works. Central to the conversation will be questions of survival, energy conservation and maintaining inspiration within systems of constraint or potential liberation in the 2020s.

Morgan Quaintance is a London-based writer and artist. Born in South London, he is a regular contributor to Art Monthly, and has written for The Guardian, The Wire and other publications. His moving image work has been exhibited widely, and was recently awarded the 2021 Jean Vigo Award for Best Director at Punto de Vista film festival, Spain.