The last man on Earth, William; an artist, must come to terms with his existence and artistic practice away from the eyes of society. William must forge his own truly independent artistic identity away from an audience and become at peace with his solitary existence.

About ‘The Last Artist’

Solipsism is the view or theory that ‘the self is all that can be known and verified’. This is where the film started, in this short but complex definition. If we all applied this to ourselves and our existences, how would we function in society? And to go a step further, how would we function away from society, faced with the brutal awareness of our aloneness? I explored these questions in ‘The Last Artist’, and it was my desire to present it not as a film with a question and an answer, but rather as an open ended question, open to every artist or creative soul that watches the film and to their own reflections on the nature of their creative practice, with and without the eyes of society. I aim to provoke every person amongst the audience with any inkling towards the creative, acknowledged or not, to get to the very essence of what they are trying to express and consider how that would be different if they had no eyes to judge their art. If we were able to express uncensored art straight from the soul, what would it look like, feel like, be like? The responses to these questions are unique to each audience member, and it was my aim to engage every person with their creativity on new, unexpected levels.