Oni Baba,
Take it (II)

1984
RL - While I was editing Blue Monday at Diverse, Peter was making things like Performance and Oni Baba on VHS at college.

Oni Baba is all about rhythm and movement. The nature of the images and sound give it a sense of developing threat. I find it very beautiful and musical and infinitely intriguing.

When we tried to get permission to screen Take it (I, II & III) on TV we were refused. Who knows why. The feeling is great when something this simple and powerful comes together. It’s like what Barabara Hepworth says about a piece of rock – that there’s a form inside the material that you have to reveal with your hacking and tapping. With scratch there’s a sense of chipping away and layering and moulding an existing form into something new.

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