Walk On. From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking, Art Editions North, The University of Sunderland, Sunderland, 2013 [WALK, University of Sunderland's Walking, Art, Landskip and Knowledge research group, Sunderland. SURE, The University of Sunderland, Sunderland. Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven]
Contributors: Cynthia Morrison-Bell, Alistair Robinson, Mike Collier
Artists: Richard Long, Hamish Fulton, Alec Finlay, Marina Abramovic, Chris Drury, Mike Collier, Brian Thompson, Tim Brennan, Tim Robinson, Julian Opie, Bruce Nauman, Melanie Manchot, Richard Wentworth, Francis Alÿs, Janet Cardiff, Atul Bhalla, Simon Pope, Sophie Calle, plan b, Wrights & Sites, Dan Holdsworth, Rachel Reupke. Joe Bateman, Brendan Stuart Burns, Rachael Clewlow, Sarah Cullen, Bradley Davies, Tracy Hannah, James Hugonin, Tim Knowles, Pat Naldi & Wendy Kirkup, Ingrid Pollard, Bryndis Snæbjõrnsdóttir & Mark Wilson, walkwalkwalk, Jeremy Wood, Catherine Yass, Carey Young
Exhibitions: curated by Cynthia Morrison-Bell, Alistair Robinson and Mike Collier of WALK, assisted by Janet Ross, PMG, Pitzhanger Manor Gallery & House, London, March 26 – May 6, 2013; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA), Sunderland, June – August 5, 2013; MAC Birmingham, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, February 8 – March 31, 2014; The Atkinson, Southport, April 12 – August 9, 2014; Plymouth City Art Gallery, Plymouth, September 19 – December 12, 2014
Oddsocks is back (are back?) with another madcap double bill of Shakespearean comedy. The one I catch is my favourite of all of Will’s work (they’re also doing Twelfth Night) and I can’t wait to see what director Andy Barrow has done with and to it. With only a cast of six, there are some inevitable changes and truncations but the…
'BEACON' 2014 (collaboration with Hannah Ziolek and Louise Payton)
'What's The Agenda?' festival, MAC Birmingham.
A hive of activity housing and encouraging creative happenings, the structure will be redeveloped and transformed over the course of the event, inviting audience interaction and investigation by mirroring the possibility for change found within it.
Check out the final product from our three day film lab with Michael Baig Clifford! I give you 'Blue Ball' - A short film about a man's fascination with his blue ball. As I mentioned in my previous accounts of the film lab (and as you'll see in the film) we made our assignment word 'The River' an aspect of the narrative, as opposed to constructing a narrative entirely derived from (and restricted to) the concept of 'The River'. We felt that given the time and limited resources we had, this was the option which granted us a greater depth of creative freedom! As always, I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Today's final session in the three day film lab with Michael felt like a race against time editing our filmed footage together into a presentable composition for the screening later that evening.
Me and Elijah worked intensively getting the timings of each shot right, finding the appropriate music for the different stages of our film and polishing up any visual or audio issues we came across. I found that today in particular really gave me an insight into the life of a video editor as I understood how nerve-wracking it can be having to edit something within a set deadline.
So following a long day of having our backs hunched over the Macbook screens, we finally had our film 'Blue Ball' exported and ready to go! I really enjoy today in particular as me and Elijah put everything we utilised everything we learnt and shot over the past two days into a final composition. The whole experience of editing under pressure was thrilling, especially since I know I am able to perform well in situations where the deadline is just around the corner.
It was very rewarding having Blue Ball later screened in the mac's cinema theatre. I must admit, since this was the first time I had a filmed screened to a live audience, it was a strangely surreal experience - almost as if a part of me had been exposed for everyone to criticize, but hey! - isn't that what this whole industry is about anyway? Despite how very nervous I was, I did feel a sense of overwhelming pride seeing as it was quite refreshing to step back and objectively criticise our film and look out for certain aspects that could have been approached, filmed or edited differently next time.
This was also a great opportunity to watch films made by other groups and I have to say - I was very pleased with the quality of work produced over this incredible three day course by my fellow filmmakers.
All in all, these intensive past three days with Michael have been a valuable learning enrichment experience and I am grateful to have come across challenges that have shown me how and how not to make a film. It was insightful to come across a whole new terminology of film making and experiment with different styles and approaches of directing as well as strengthening and building on my current skills and knowledge. All of which, I know will be an excellent asset to me on my future film making endeavours!
