Both Sides Now – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? Various screening dates (full details below) 07 July 2015, Phoenix, Leicester 12 July 2015, Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings 14 July 2015, Fabrica, Brighton 15 July 2015, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth 26 Sept 2015, ICA, London 29 Nov 2015, HOME, Manchester…
“… if you’re in search of something experimental, intriguing, challenging, perhaps even perplexing… think of this as a lucky dip, perhaps containing a future Turner Prize winner.” – The Guardian Various screening dates for Selected V (Full details below) 28 May 2015, CCA Glasgow 10 June 2015, CIRCA, Newcastle 11 June 2015, Fabrica, Brighton 09…
I don’t remember seeing much artists’ moving image at the art fairs during Art Basel Hong Kong, which struck me as a little strange, but I always feel strange at commercial art fairs. The shocking lighting, the mixture of appalling art work with some classic pieces that look like they should be in a museum….
Various screening dates (full details at the bottom) 12 February 2015 : Whitechapel Gallery, London 26 February 2015 : Fabrica, Brighton 12 November 2015 : Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth 15 November 2015 : Electric Palace, Hastings 18 November 2015 : Phoenix, Leicester Stateland is a collection of recent work by some of the most creative and ground-breaking…
Various screening dates (full details at the bottom) 24 June 2014 : FACT, Liverpool 26 June 2014 : Duke’s at Komedia, Brighton 05 July 2014 : Whitechapel Gallery, London 13 July 2014 : Floating Cinema, King’s Cross, London 30 July 2014 : Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle Both Sides Now presents contemporary and historical film…
Hillyer Art Space, 15/05/14 This is my first time in DC and I’m surprised by how much I like it, the low rise buildings and handsome architecture, combined with the unavoidable sense of intrigue, make it feel warm and dynamic at the same time. Hillyer Art Space is centrally located at Dupont Circle, it sits…
Spectacle Theater, 13/05/14 This is my first time in Brooklyn, and I’m struck by certain similarities it has to Brighton, at least the Williamsburg part that I’m in. Independent bars and stores, cute coffee shops with tech heads working away, and the ‘local’ feeling of a town. It’s very heart-warming after the swarms of Manhattan….
Echo Park Film Center, 08/05/14 Echo Park Film Center is jewel of a place, the walls are lined with film canisters, DVDs and information about films and processing films. When I arrive the education coordinator for Echo Park is hand processing some film in readiness for a youth session on film processing. I like this…
Here I was expecting Tucson to be a hard sell, and the type of town I would feel most alien too. But no, if anything, I felt most comfortable here. Tucsonians are generous, beautiful, creative and friendly people. If you want to feel welcome, come here. Reception of the Selected 3 programme at Exploded View…
Cloudy LA skies are welcome today following the brilliant, burning desert skies of Phoenix and Tucson for the past week. I even, perversely, imagined British winter chill for a moment in the deep heating sun. Just for a moment. Model audiences. If you want model artists’ film audiences go to Tucson’s Exploded View Gallery and also…
Artists’ Television Access – or ATA is it’s better known – is based in the Mission District of San Francisco, a popular area that is seeing a lot of regeneration and gentrification. The development of the area, the increase in new bars, and the loss of the old neighbourhood comes up frequently in conversations with…
Sophie Beresford stretches half-naked on screen to seemingly consider the next act in her film ‘Making Adidas Mermaid’, one of over 50 similar films she made in one day. Adding to the soundtrack is a deep sigh from the back of the theatre, along with a few chuckles. I’m in the company of a traditional…
Portland was a joy. The guys at Northwest Film Center are such a wonderfully friendly and generous group of professionals. I really enjoyed the experience of working with them. Before the screening I had coffee with Morgen Ruff, one of the Northwest Film Center team, and we spoke about the moving image infrastructure and artists…
I didn’t expect organising this tour of Selected round the States to be as manageable as it has been. Not that it was simple, and a lot of time and effort had to be put in doing research, and talking to contacts – a big thanks to filmmaker Ben Russell, Heather Corcoran at Rhizome, and Clinton…
