Andy Parkin has journeyed with us over the last two years in the creative endeavour which has become "Andy Parkin - A Life in Adaptation".
In August Andy came over and as a team we tried to come up with the form for the DVD package which best represented the film.We knew that it had to reflect the collaborative nature of the whole process (which had been extremely important all along the way). We knew that it had to have a strong creative stamp on it - something which represented Andy's artistic practise. Andy took this away with him and set to work back in Chamonix. We had thought that he would produce a sort of limited edition run. Little did we know that he would return with about 100 original works. The process had taken him a good proportion of the summer and nearly driven him round the bend!
When we laid them out beside each other on the table they amounted to an amazing personal statement. It was an incredible piece in itself. Probably as close to autobiography as Andy will ever choose to get. Ironically this special release has moved even further away from being a DVD release - it is much more about the art. For all of us, I think that this has made it such a satisfying conclusion to the film.
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