Bingo

Video Work, 2 mins 37 secs, 2007

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.





Above: Video Stills from Bingo, 2007

 
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