'The Universe is made of stories, not atoms'.
(Rukeyser, M, quoted in Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1991)
CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING PROJECTS
SILENT ACCOMPLICE
Silent Accomplice is an unusual feature film project being written by Erik Knudsen in consultation with Duncan Thomas and to be directed later in 2008 by Erik Knudsen. Set in urban Britain, this is an intimate snap shot of contemporary urban life, as seen through the perspective of people's interaction with water. Episodic and peripatetic in construction, and poetically blending fiction and documentary, the narrative weaves its way in and out of specific people's lives to reveal an urban Britain with hidden disparities and aspirations. Further details on the project's progress will follow.
CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
Erik Knudsen has signed an agreement to co-author, with Wilma de Jong and Jerry Rothwell from the University of Sussex, a book on creative documentary practice for Pearson Publishing. The book is due for completion in 2009, though we do not yet know when the publication date is.