Civil

 "A seamless flow of beautifully crafted, intelligent images"

Christopher Hewitt - Live Art Magazine

In 1996 Robert Pacitti travelled to New York to meet and spend time with the author, raconteur and professional homosexual Quentin Crisp. Pacitti's ambition was to produce a new theatre work that took Crisp's infamous autobiography 'The Naked Civil Servant' as its' starting point.

Wishing to explore issues around disobedience and liberty Robert saw Quentin as a forerunner to many of the then queer / post-gay identities of the day. Crisp had always run the gauntlet of public disapproval and at the time of their meeting Pacitti wrote of him 'I have seen the face of a parent". Having returned to England Robert set about editing the materials generated during his time in America: interviews with Quentin, Super 8 film , slide images, sound recordings and writings.