Arf Arf is a sound poetry (voice and gesticulation) group. They describe their first film together as 'songs nailed together in a film'. The film is not given over to simply recording a performance of sound poetry but is worked out as a filmic combination of images and sound, each member of the group having individually previously made experimental films.
Marcus Bergner, Michael Buckley, Frank Lovece, Marisa Stirpe, Arf Arf
Director
Frank Lovece
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Marisa Stirpe
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Michael Buckley
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Marcus Bergner
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Leesa Marie Spencer
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Dimitri Kyriakou
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Paula Claire
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Bob Cobbing
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Bill Griffiths
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Jenny Buckley
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Simeon Buckley
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