Contribution short abstract:

Sophie Howie Exit Stage Right My research has focused on the home as a site to understand sensory memory and personhood. Presence/absence is seen in alternate ways when we recognise the social lives of objects. I work for a London-based arts charity and make films for passion and freelance work.

Contribution long abstract:

My work is on the home as a site for understanding sensory memory and personhood. Presence/absence is understood in alternate ways when we look at objects as social beings. Exit Stage Right explores the intersections of personhood, grief and the home in an intimate look at the filmmakers experiences of her Father's home in the days after his untimely death. The home becomes alive even in the physical absence of its primary owner, maintaining remnants of his presence beyond death.