Studio 75's Blog

STUDIO 75 is an artist collaboration in the Hoxton-Haggerston area, London. . Art, film, Drawing, painting, installation, video. We are 100% independent and we are not part of any school, trend, fashion or directive and we don't owe anybody anything. Artist Nazir Tanbouli, painter and muralist, and film-maker/photographer Gillian McIver host Studio75.

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València from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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EIDOPHUSIKON_v.3_With_Narration from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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VISIONS OF THE DIVINE from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

Visions of the Divine artwork by Natasha Redina, Into the Sublime; music by Takatsuna Mukai

Into the Sublime is the first show in EIDOPHUSKION REIMAGINED, a contemporary art recreation of the 1781 theatre sensation Eidophusikon, or Image of Nature, a startling experiment in kinetic theatre design and special effects. It was made by PJ de Loutherbourg, an alchemist and ceremonial magician who was also a famous landscape painter and was the stage designer at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. De Loutherbourg was the first to bring special visual effects to the London stage— effects he created in his alchemical lab. It is recreated by art historian and filmmaker Gillian McIver, author of Art History for Filmmakers. The new incarnation is developed in collaboration with many contemporary artists and musicians. The piece is available for exhibition and future collaborations.

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HELL from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

Hell, artwork by Nazir Tanbouli from Into the Sublime; music by Takatsuna Mukai

Into the Sublime is the first show in EIDOPHUSKION REIMAGINED, a contemporary art recreation of the 1781 theatre sensation Eidophusikon, or Image of Nature, a startling experiment in kinetic theatre design and special effects. It was made by PJ de Loutherbourg, an alchemist and ceremonial magician who was also a famous landscape painter and was the stage designer at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. De Loutherbourg was the first to bring special visual effects to the London stage— effects he created in his alchemical lab. It is recreated by art historian and filmmaker Gillian McIver, author of Art History for Filmmakers. The new incarnation is developed in collaboration with many contemporary artists and musicians. The piece is available for exhibition and future collaborations.

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EidoSR from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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Eido1 from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

The Material World - art work by Liane Lang; part 2 of Into the Sublime, from The Eidophusikon Reimagined.

EIDOPHUSKION REIMAGINED is a contemporary art recreation of the 1781 theatre sensation Eidophusikon, or Image of Nature, a startling experiment in kinetic theatre design and special effects. It was made by PJ de Loutherbourg, an alchemist and ceremonial magician who was also a famous landscape painter and was the stage designer at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. De Loutherbourg was the first to bring special visual effects to the London stage— effects he created in his alchemical lab. It is recreated by art historian and filmmaker Gillian McIver, author of Art History for Filmmakers. The new incarnation is developed in collaboration with many contemporary artists and musicians. The piece is available for exhibition and future collaborations.

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THE EIDOPHUSIKON - what is it? from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

EIDOPHUSKION REIMAGINED is a contemporary art recreation of the 1781 theatre sensation Eidophusikon, or Image of Nature, a startling experiment in kinetic theatre design and special effects. It was made by PJ de Loutherbourg, an alchemist and ceremonial magician who was also a famous landscape painter and was the stage designer at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. De Loutherbourg was the first to bring special visual effects to the London stage— effects he created in his alchemical lab. It is recreated by art historian and filmmaker Gillian McIver, author of Art History for Filmmakers. The new incarnation is developed in collaboration with many contemporary artists and musicians. The piece is available for exhibition and future collaborations.

(clip from The Mind of the Alchemist, part 1 of Into the Sublime.)

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Heaven - from Into the Sublime from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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Eidophusikon 31 Oct24 from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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OPTAdrift On The Nile from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

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Reading Baudelaire in Montparnasse from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

reading the poems of Baudelaire while making a dérive around Montparnasse

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exhibition_final from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

curators Anna Chiarini, Jorge Torres and Johanna Trost take you on a tour of the Timeless Thames art exhibition at Steamship PS art collective in Blackwall, London. Sept 2020

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TIMELESS THAMES Exhibition Steamship PS Sept. 2020 from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

Exhibition of London artists collective Steamship PS for the 2020 Thames Festival

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Berlinbrücken from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

Berlinbrücken The bridges of Berlin. Berlin seen from the water, gliding under its many bridges, as the city is remade once again.

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CLIPPER from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

THE EXHIBITION TALK WITH VIDEO

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Clipper from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

a river journey on the Thames from Waterloo to the Docklands

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Berlinbrücken from GILLIAN MCIVER on Vimeo.

Berlin's bridges. A journey through the centre of Berlin as it rebuilds, a work in progress. A snapshot of moment in time, now past. They hypnotic rhythm of passing under bridge after bridge. Filmed in analogue, digital transfer.