Daily Weekly: So, Andrelos.
AB: Yes?
DW: Can you tell our readers the inspiration for ‘Drains’
AB: Well, it is difficult to pin-point the exact inspiration for this work.
DW: Please try.
AB: Well, I would say I took my inspiration from life. But not from everyday life, from the big things.
DW: Some of our readers may struggle to interpret your work, because they are a bit slow. Could you help them and give them an clue as to what it is about and what we should take from it?
AB: Every viewer can absorb this piece and take what they want from it. It does depend on the individual. I am one of those artists that believes the person receiving the art is more important than the creator.
DW: We would really like to know your thoughts where whilst creating the film. Why did you include the kitchen roll? Also, what was you feeding on the plate, and why is that in the film?
AB: OK, let me explane, I don’t want this to alter people’s perception if the work.
DW:Please tell us, we are desperate.
AB: OK, OK. This is what it is about. For me at least. It is about life. From birth to death. It is about our triumphs, and our failings and where these lead us. OK, happy now?
DW: I’m not sure we see where that all fits into the film.
AB: Have you watched it?
DW: I ask the questions around here Andrew.
AB: Typical, you haven’t even seen it, and don’t call me that. Look, listen, and feel, and you will understand.
DW: No, I have seen it, but i’m not sure how a kitchen roll falling over is about my life. Might be about yours but not mine, and why do you want to be called Andrelos when your name is Andrew?
AB: You fool! You should not see a kitchen roll as a kitchen roll. Let me explane even more, in really simple terms, which saddens me to have to do. The light in the film as a success, something positive and important. Birth for example, this is represented in the film as a shaft of light through a door hinge. The other lights could be marriage, first kiss, buying a car, anything positive that makes you happy and stays with you. The objects falling are negatives. This could be divorce, crashing your car, anything that has a profound impact on your life. Death is represented by the water falling at the end. What I am saying here in this film is that our life is made of good and bad, and from time to time, we all end up in our own personal hell, which is the microwave, and occasionally we arrive in beautiful places, like the fish-tank, but we all end up in the same situation. I would sum this film up by asking you to imagine God’s record of our lives when he looks at our souls after death. Based on this, he decides if we are worthy of heaven. Well this is how I imagine it will look to him. Even though our Birth, Marriage, becoming bankrupt and loosing our homes are big things to us, to God, there are simple, like a tissue falling on the floor.
DW: Wow, Deep. What about the newt?
AB: Oh I dispare. Use your imagination!
DW: [pause]
AB: It is a dependant, without the arm that feeds it, it would die. So think along the lines of the birth of your own child, or perhaps someone feeding us in times of need. You decide, it is about your life.
DW: Thank you, it actually makes sense a little bit now. Did you compose the music?
AB: Yes, I composed the score, two good friends of mine recorded the music and transcribed the music down from my vocal recording.
DW: It sounds creepy.
AB: No it doesn’t. Think of the euphoric sounds as you move along to meet your end, and know your suffering is over.
DW: Is that the bit when we move along the big light, and we see the water after? Bit depressing that it is the happiest bit.
AB: Hey, you’re getting good at this, and as for depressing, that depends on your beliefs about life after death.
DW: Why is it called Drains?
AB: We put all this effort into life, and i believe none of it is wasted. However, some people believe it is. It’s a play on the term “money down the drain”. This I spell out for the viewer by showing the water physically going down the drains. But it is bright, so therefore positive! Birth is much darker. I also wanted to show how short some good things in life can be, and therefore how unfulfilling. We put so much emphasis on fulfilling our needs, yet we don’t realise how unimportant these things are, like switching on a light for a few seconds, then we are left in our darkness. The bad things that happen to us stay with us much longer. Like being locked in a microwave.
DW: Well thank you for that. I hope that helps people understand your work.
AB: You are welcome.
DW: No problem. Also, I like to be called Andrelos, because it sounds more arty.
DW: Awesome.
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