Desert Head / by Mark Gubb

A single-channel video of a head poking out of the sand in a desert landscape, the eyes are closed, framed in such a way as we can’t tell if it’s someone buried up to their neck or whether it’s a decapitated head.

The eyes dart open and we hear the head’s internal monologue, worrying over trivial and mundane aspects of everyday life - “Did I leave the gas on?!…”

At the end of the monologue the eyes close again.

My ideal ‘head’ would be the actor Paul Putner.