The Otolith Group talks to George Clark

18.02.10
Otolith I - The Otolith Group George Clark talks to Anjalika Sagar & Kodwo Eshun – The Otolith Group -  following their exhibition at The Showroom, London, about the Otolith Trilogy, their exploration of history, politics and the essay film. How did The Otolith Group come into being? Anjalika: We met around 2000 – one of the things that brought us together was Chris Marker (La Jetée, Sans ...
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Propeller4Film

17.02.10
Properller4film Propeller4film is a new online short film database created by short film channel, Propeller TV. The idea came from British animator and filmmaker John Offord and launched just last week. The site offers free access to a catalogue of around 250 of the very best short films and growing by a target of 50 new additions a month.  The ‘Screening Room’ is sectioned into different ...
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15th February by Tim Webb

15.02.10
15th February, Tim Webb Love gone wrong in 294 cuts. Tim Webb’s film is a wonderful antidote to the horror of the annual festival of misery that is Valentine’s Day. Here Tim Webb captures the madness of love in six minutes; where the anxiety around sending a Valentine’s card degenerates into a disturbing revelation of the psyche of its sender. The mix of live action and animation ...
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No Heroes Redux by Campbell

15.02.10
The Bressonian protagonist (Angus Brown in 'They Call Me...Don't Call Me...' - John Sealey 2006) Campbell considers the No Heroes film programme, selected for the Progress Report exhibition at Iniva. Iniva was founded with the ethos originating from the artistic and political initiatives of the ‘new internationalism’ and the Black Arts movement of the 1980s. Professor Stuart Hall, provided a blueprint for its remit which was to ...
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Kill Your Timid Notion 2010

15.02.10
Standard Gauge by Morgan Fisher Dates: 21-28 February 2010 | Location: Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland Kill Your Timid Notion (KYTN) is a week-long chance to spend time together investigating simple proposals by watching, listening and talking. The programme is comprised of film screenings by filmmakers including John Smith, Morgan Fisher and Sharon Lockhart, live performances and a series of ‘investigations‘, where you can get involved in the ...
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The 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

14.02.10
56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, © Kurzfilmtage/Boros Dates: 29 April – 4 May | Location: Oberhausen, Germany The 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is going back to the roots of cinema, presenting the biggest programme of early films in Germany so far under the title ‘From the Deep: The Great Experiment 1898-1918′. Bringing together works from one of the most wildly experimental and unknown ...
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Ian Breakwell: The Elusive State of Happiness

12.02.10
Estate, Ian Breakwell © the estate of Ian Breakwell & Anthony Reynolds Gallery Dates: 13 February – 18 April | Location: QUAD Gallery, Derby The Elusive State of Happiness is the first major retrospective exhibition of the late Ian Breakwell (1943-2005) that explores the unique voice of this very special artist, a man with an eye for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Ian Breakwell was a world ...
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