RE:animate

23.06.10
Train, Savinder Bual, 2009. Dates: 26 June – 18 August | Location: Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales For the fourth in its series of biennial open exhibitions Newtown gallery Oriel Davies has asked for submissions on the theme ‘animation’. A diverse selection of work by 39 artists covers all bases, including film, installation, drawing and photography, and proves that you sometimes you don’t have to travel out ...
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A Mind’s Eye by Joanna Callaghan

22.06.10
A mind's eye, Joanna Callaghan, 2009 Imagine the essence of a Thing. Now imagine a place where the essences of all Things exist. Can you? To accompany Cecilia Wee’s article on the most recent work from artist filmmaker Joanna Callaghan, we’ve an extract of the film to share with you. A mind’s eye seeks to discover if philosophical concepts can be translated into images and what role ...
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A mind’s eye by Cecilia Wee

22.06.10
A mind's eye, Joanna Callaghan, 2009 In the middle of a field of hay, the viewer finds a frame within the screen where Stanley is searching for something in a room of mirrors. Closing his eyes, it is as if he wills the world into being. The visual essay that makes up the first five minutes of A mind’s eye bathes the elements it presents in a ...
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Television is a drug by Beth Fulton

21.06.10
Television is a drug, Beth Fulton Here’s a great animation by Beth Fulton that uses a wry monologue written and performed by American screenwriter Todd Alcott. The combination of kinetic typography with rapid fire shots of advertising imagery and the imploring voiceover make this one compelling video. You’ll probably find you can’t stop watching… or get a sudden hankering for a cheeseburger…
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Breda Beban: My Funeral Song

20.06.10
Still from My Funeral Song, 2010, Breda Beban Dates: 11 June – 5 September | Location: Camden Arts Centre, London My Funeral Song is Breda Beban’s most recent work – a five-screen video installation, presented alongside an earlier series of films, Little Songs To Cry To (2003). Each screen in My Funeral Song focuses on one of Beban’s close friends as they listen to the song they ...
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Candice Breitz talks to Rosemary Heather

19.06.10
When forgotten, pop stars become like wallpaper in our daily lives. Once they become ensconced as icons, they take on an ulterior function. Probably only students listen to Bob Marley these days, but this doesn’t stop me from singing one of his songs, involuntarily, when walking down the street. This is one of the subjects of Candice Breitz‘s work. By recording a popular song as ...
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Call for entries: Rencontres Internationales
17.06.10
The Rencontres Internationales will take place at the Centre Pompidou, and other locations in Paris from 25 November to 4 December 2010. The same program will then be shown in Madrid and Berlin in 2011. The Call for Entries is open to cinema, video and multimedia works – and there is no restriction of length or genre. All submissions are free, without any limitation of ...
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