‘Foxfire Eins’ was a major solo exhibition by artist-filmmaker Jayne Parker that consisted of a quartet of short 16mm films, each of which was inspired by a different piece of classical music. Taking its title from one of the featured works, ‘Foxfire Eins’, by the avant-garde composer Helmut Oehring, Parker’s playlist tends towards the ‘difficult’ end of the scale, highlighting pieces that are not only challenging for a non-specialist audience, but can often prove equally exacting for the performer.

Produced in collaboration with the cellist Anton Lukoszevieze, the selection is a crash-course in musical virtuosity: a workout for the ear and the eye that revels in the sheer exuberant physicality of music-making. Underlining the fierce concentration that Lukoszevieze brings to each performance, Parker’s camera captures some of the extraordinary contortions he goes through to execute these complex, highly idiosyncratic scores. Supplying her own visual grace-notes in her pinpoint focus on individual details, Parker’s images provide a pitch-perfect accompaniment to the music.

A Film and Video Umbrella Touring Exhibition in association with Spacex Gallery. Supported by the Arts Council of England’s National Touring Programme.