Michael Pinchbeck takes the first film of himself in existence, a 16mm home movie recorded by his Uncle Fred, and re-enacts his Christening. Using the audience to stand in for members of his family and a bowl of water as the font, Pinchbeck tries to remember what it was like as he has no recollection of the event (although he has been told he cried a lot).
Part living room slideshow, part performance lecture, The Christening Project continues Pinchbeck’s fascination with absence as he attempts to fill the holes left behind by the live act with the relived memory. The Project operates in the space between words, between frames in a film, where ideas sit somewhere between being conceived and being born. A turning point - a point in time where change is possible – Kairos.
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