‘Seven narrative stories as voice-over read by a woman and a man, determine the structure of False Premises and contrast somewhat incongruously with the very factual nature of the filmed documentation of the construction of a house. Although neither visual nor aural material pursues a deliberate linear format as such, a sense of development is suggested in the numbered titles, each referring also to a part of the body and a particular room in a house thus linking the heard and seen information. The narratives lay bare the abuses of power that occur behind closed doors in the privacy of the family home mirroring wider abuses where colonization, ownership of land, property and persons are permissible in the social values system. More specifically, the stories imply the multiple alienation of the Jewish woman by the dominant culture. She is victimized because of her race, religion, culture and gender, and should she seek to find shelter at home, she may encounter similar disadvantage on her doorstep. This video piece has been completed by the artist during her residency at Sheffield City Polytechnic as the Walker Fellow in Fine Art 1991/92.’

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‘Seven narrative stories as voice-over read by a woman and a man, determine the structure of False Premises and contrast somewhat incongruously with the very factual nature of the filmed documentation of the construction of a house. Although neither visual nor aural material pursues a deliberate linear format as such, a sense of development is suggested in the numbered titles, each referring also to a part of the body and a particular room in a house thus linking the heard and seen information. The narratives lay bare the abuses of power that occur behind closed doors in the privacy of the family home mirroring wider abuses where colonization, ownership of land, property and persons are permissible in the social values system. More specifically, the stories imply the multiple alienation of the Jewish woman by the dominant culture. She is victimized because of her race, religion, culture and gender, and should she seek to find shelter at home, she may encounter similar disadvantage on her doorstep. This video piece has been completed by the artist during her residency at Sheffield City Polytechnic as the Walker Fellow in Fine Art 1991/92.’