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Bingo

Michael Fortune


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Michael Fortune

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'Bingo documents the unusual social event of a ‘drive-in Bingo’ which is held weekly in the village of Ballymitty in County Wexford. The ‘drive-in Bingo’ developed after the introduction of the smoking ban as it allows participants to partake in the game whilst smoking in their car. This short fixed-frame video work focuses on a group of cars in a car park. However, the normality of the situation is obscured by the sound of a bingo caller who slowly calls out numbers over a loudspeaker in a strong local accent. Although comedic, there is an underlying sadness to the spectacle as the social element of bingo has retreated to the solitary confines of the car.'

(Sourced from http://www.michaelfortune.ie/Bingo.html on August 15th 2016)


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Title

Bingo

Year

2007

Tags
documentary, dark comedy, wexford, ireland, bingo, parking lots, smoking
Language

English

Duration

00:02:00

Original formats

Physical: HDV

Aspect ratio

16:9

Colour

Colour

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, and Visual Artists Ireland.
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