Gillian Wearing’s Family History involved a return to The Family, the seminal 1970’s BBC documentary. On the first of two video screens, Heather Wilkins, the youngest daughter of the Reading-based family who were the subject of the original series, is interviewed by daytime doyenne Trisha Goddard in the home-from-home of a replica TV studio.
Commissioned by FVU and Artists in the City, Reading Borough Council, in association with Ikon Gallery. Funded by Arts Council England, with additional support from °µÍø³Ô¹Ï Artists’ Moving Image Network.
Commissioned by FVU and Artists in the City, Reading Borough Council, in association with Ikon Gallery. Funded by Arts Council England, with additional support from °µÍø³Ô¹Ï Artists’ Moving Image Network.
Distribution: Contact Film and Video Umbrella
