From the depths of London England’s Barracks district amongst the derelict weapons huts, comes a public service expose from the 1970’s revealing “THE HORRORS” of kids participating in the act of glue sniffing. The narrative is told in three parts: The reporter, a mother, and her “addict son” David.

The overt metaphor presented in this film reveals similar systemic problems and stereotypes of addiction and mental health which occupy every city on all corners of the earth.

This film and its title have been appropriated from a 1970’s BBC expose. The visual treatment exposed the footage (and the filmmaker) by gluing pieces of film together then ripping it apart. This becomes an interesting metaphor of creating using the substance of the problem presented in the film. The film was edited by hand and sequenced using measurements to time each shot.
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Dave Johnson currently lives in Victoria Canada where he dedicates his photo-chemical practice based on experimenting with documentary methods, process cinema, expanded cinema and sound design.
The themes which inspire his work is built on counter culture, stereotypes and questioning societal models.