Fog in My Head contrasts real-world imagery with abstract scientific material. The artist takes the viewer on a sumptuous visual and aural journey: from the centre of a natural beehive, a developing brain, a home, an office and a forest. Connecting these distinct spaces is fog. The title refers to the quote “fog descending on the brain”, Wendy Mitchell’s metaphor for how dementia makes her feel. Fog is an analogy for the confusion, disorientation, isolation as well as the strange comfort that dementia brings.

Following Memory (2019), and Hallucinations (2020), Fog in My Head is the third film in Chan's CONSCIOUS trilogy, a study of consciousness and perception that brought together different perspectives from scientists and ordinary people to shake up our preconceptions about individual and collective consciousness.

Directed by

Suki Chan

Cast

Wendy Mitchell – Self (voice)

Érin Geraghty – Wendy Mitchell

Érin Geraghty – Wendy Mitchell’s mum Violet

Produced by
Anna Jancsó – Producer

Suki Chan – Producer

Teresa Grimes – Co-Producer

Music by

Dominik Scherrer

Cinematography by

Catherine Derry

Film Editing by

Suki Chan

Production Management
Anna Jancsó – Production Manager

Camera & Electrical Department

Ilaria Fulvio – First Assistant Camera

Fabio Dominguez Alonso – Gaffer

Tony Hamilton – Electrician

Ed Stone – Drone

Jesse Roth – Camera: Second Unit

Traian Tulbure – Assistant Camera: Second Unit

Time-lapse Confocal Imaging by

William Constance and Darren Williams

Richard Taylor and Corinne Houart

Sound Department

Martin Thornton – Assistant Sound Designer

Visual Effects by

Andrew Hunwick

Other Crew

William Lau – Digital Imaging Technician

Nathan Campbell – Production Assistant

Benjamin Wood – Production Assistant