Rachel Baker blogs from AND Festival on the film/art debate

26.09.09
Still from the Primitive installation by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Rachel Baker shares her thoughts with APEngine on a masterclass with Apichatpong Weerasethakul prompts thoughts about film and art… Fresh from the previous night’s Jarman Award announcement at the Whitechapel Gallery, where the fraught topic of ‘cinema and art crossing over’  was the subject of some energetic ranting, I took myself and the rant to the AND Festival at ...
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How the air feels to the birds by Nick Jordan

22.09.09
How the air feels to the birds, Nick Jordan They act as if they had never heard the question before. The what? they say. The air? What about it? We smile and rephrase the question: What does ...
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Dance by Alex Pearl

22.09.09
Dance, Alex Pearl Alex Pearl: Dance was my first film. I was so unsure of what I was doing that I was blushing while I made it. Essentially I was recording while playing with an electric toothbrush, a Barbie skirt, string and a red trolley. Without a plan when I started, Dance turned out to be the first of a few films documenting moments ...
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Kerry Baldry on One Minute

22.09.09
Dance, Alex Pearl APEngine talks to artist and curator Kerry Baldry about the One Minute project programmes of sixty-second artists’ films, now showing around the world, and including works by Tony Hill, Tina Keane, Katherine Meynell, Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore, Dave Griffiths, and many others. One Minute films by Alex Pearl and Nick Jordan can be seen in the Engine Showcase. Why and how did the ...
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AND Festival trailers by Uniform

22.09.09
AND Festival brand by Uniform If you haven’t yet seen the bold branding for the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival, then check out the festival website and the trailers below. Developed by Liverpool-based brand and design consultancy Uniform, the agency has created a slate of funky animated stings that are inspired by the festival’s theme of questioning the normal. As you can see in the ...
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The Centre of Attention: Pierre Coinde and Gary O’Dwyer

22.09.09
Action Diana, The Centre of Attention APEngine’s Gary Thomas talked to Pierre Coinde and Gary O’Dwyer – The Centre of Attention – when they took a break from editing their feature length film Action Diana, which gets its world premiere as part of the AND Festival at FACT Liverpool, this September. So, who and what is the Centre of Attention? Gary: The Centre of Attention it started off ...
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The Jarman Award: Shortlist

22.09.09
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want, Stephen Sutcliffe Inspired by filmmaker Derek Jarman, The Jarman Award was launched in 2008 “to recognise artists working with the moving image whose work, like Jarman’s, resists conventional definition, encompassing innovation and excellence”. The 2009 shortlisted artists are Anja Kirschner and David Panos, Simon Martin, Lindsay Seers, and Stephen Sutcliffe. We asked them all some questions. The Jarman ...
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