A Particular Incoherence: Some Films by Vivienne Dick (original) (raw)

A Particular Incoherence: Some works of Vivienne Dick Notably, the early work of Vivienne Dick is prescient in its visualization of the tropes and processes of globalization and in the use of the fragment to offer an experiential rendering of life. Most of the existing writing firmly situates her work within the 'No Wave' filmmakers of New York in the early 1980s or within the framework of an emergent Irish film avant-garde. I will be building on those writings that situate the films although I am not concerned with precedents or definition particularly 1 .