1 February 2017: New Materialism and Film Artistic Research Seminar

Kayla Parker: On Location

Wednesday, 1 February 2017 4.30pm > 6.00pm Scott Building room 102, Plymouth University Presented jointly by the Artistic Research Cluster (ARC), Moving Image Arts (MIA), and Performance.Experience.Presence (PEP) research groups, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Plymouth University ALL WELCOME During this seminar, artist researchers Kayla Parker and Deborah Robinson will present their new films, On Location (2017, 12 minutes) and Like a… Continue reading 1 February 2017: New Materialism and Film Artistic Research Seminar

Arts & Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 10th-19th January 2017 at Plymouth Art Centre: On Location, a new film directed by Dr Kayla Parker, will be shown in the cinema between regular cinema programme screenings and private events. Please contact… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University

Dr Allister Gall screens new film in Australia

Plymouth University researcher Dr Allister Gall is screening his film Everything Imperfect at the ‘Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy’ conference, RMIT University, Australia. Everything Imperfect was made in 2013 and submitted alongside his PhD thesis. The film utilised diary/documentary footage of micro-cinema events organised as part of the practice, films submitted for the project, filmed interviews with participants,… Continue reading Dr Allister Gall screens new film in Australia

20 August 2016: Bodies of Water artist film screening in Bridport

Still image from A Voyage Over The Horizon by Peter Matthews (2013)

20 August 2016, from 6pm – 8pm The Methodist Chapel, West Bay, Bridport, DT6 4EN Screening of artists’ film at Force 8, the collective art project founded by Anna Best and Hester Schofield Each artist whose moving image work is included in this programme engages directly with the sea to represent their experience through a range… Continue reading 20 August 2016: Bodies of Water artist film screening in Bridport

New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit

Still from Claudia Pilsl's 'Walking the Line' (2016)

Walking the Line, a new filmwork made in response to Brexit by Claudia Pilsl, is screening  on 16/17 July 2016 at the x-24 2016 24-hour cinema festival. This free festival, in Gainsborough, features more than 100 videos from over 100 artists from over 30 countries. It is curated and produced by Fenia Kotsopoulou and Daz… Continue reading New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit

Feature: “The poetic film-making of Margaret Tait”

35mm filmstrip Painted Eightsome © Margaret Tait 1970, courtesy LUX

BY KAYLA PARKER The Orcadian artist, Margaret Tait (1918-1999), wrote prose and poetry, and made short films, usually shooting on 16mm with her clockwork Bolex camera. In her cinematic work she explored an array of highly experimental techniques, including painting and scratching on the film surface, from the beginning of her filmmaking career in Italy… Continue reading Feature: “The poetic film-making of Margaret Tait”

Artist Film Screening by Steven Paige, 5-14 April 2016 at Plymouth Arts Centre

Steven Paige Let’s Go Bowling 5 – 14 April 2016 at Plymouth Arts Centre Free entry Steven Paige employs re-enactment and performance to examine relationships between film, instruction, leisure and individuality. His latest moving image project, made as part of his PhD research, is a reworking of a 1950s film featuring American bowling techniques. Through a process… Continue reading Artist Film Screening by Steven Paige, 5-14 April 2016 at Plymouth Arts Centre

9 April 2016: Seminar on film and narrative in St Ives for professional artists, led by Dr Anya Lewin

Installation view of Anya Lewin's Chez Paulette on the Sunset Strip (2013) at Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth.

Professional Development Seminar: Artists’ Film and Narrative April 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives This professional development seminar for artists will explore the use of narrative in artists’ moving image work and will be led by artist and filmmaker Anya Lewin. Although there has been a trajectory of artists working… Continue reading 9 April 2016: Seminar on film and narrative in St Ives for professional artists, led by Dr Anya Lewin