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"A beguiling selection of experimental animation shorts, rarely screened in a ‘proper’ cinema like the Cube. From 1940s pioneers like Douglass Crockwell to modern day proponents like Ira Vicari and Brunswick Club’s BEEF collective."
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A event held at The Cube on Thursday 27th October. The event starts at 20:00.
This event is part of BEEF programme Conspirators of Perception
A series of films by invited guest curators or ‘conspirators’, sit alongside work from BEEF members to challenge perceptions of cinema. The programme spans a breadth of experimental film, from documentary, animation and DIY to film lab practices.
Full details of the programme: https://bit.ly/3RHv0mP
A screening of selected animated films selected by artist filmmaker Edwin Rostron, sit alongside a number of other artists' works selected by Edwin. The films all share an improvisatory approach to the creative processes in animation, using the medium to show thought in motion; ideas happening spontaneously with a free and experimental spirit. From the mysterious explorations of Douglass Crockwell's Glens Falls Sequence made between 1937 and 1946, to Gennaio, a film made this year by Ira Vicari and inspired by a walk in a public park, the selection shows the dynamic and unfettered imagination at play.
Edwin Rostron is an artist filmmaker based in London. He runs Edge of Frame, which produces writing about experimental animation, and a blog and screening series focusing on experimental animation. He has taught at the Royal College of Art and Kingston University, and has been a visiting artist at CalArts, UCA Farnham and at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.
The second part of the BEEF Presents programme will be announced later in the year and will include workshops by invited artists and BEEF members that explore the possibilities of analogue film, and provide opportunities for artists in the city to learn analogue film techniques and processes to inform a broader exploration of experimental arts practices.
This programme is supported by WEVAA and funded by Arts Council England.
Entry requirements:
A series of films by invited guest curators or ‘conspirators’, sit alongside work from BEEF members to challenge perceptions of cinema. The programme spans a breadth of experimental film, from documentary, animation and DIY to film lab practices.
Full details of the programme: https://bit.ly/3RHv0mP
A screening of selected animated films selected by artist filmmaker Edwin Rostron, sit alongside a number of other artists' works selected by Edwin. The films all share an improvisatory approach to the creative processes in animation, using the medium to show thought in motion; ideas happening spontaneously with a free and experimental spirit. From the mysterious explorations of Douglass Crockwell's Glens Falls Sequence made between 1937 and 1946, to Gennaio, a film made this year by Ira Vicari and inspired by a walk in a public park, the selection shows the dynamic and unfettered imagination at play.
Edwin Rostron is an artist filmmaker based in London. He runs Edge of Frame, which produces writing about experimental animation, and a blog and screening series focusing on experimental animation. He has taught at the Royal College of Art and Kingston University, and has been a visiting artist at CalArts, UCA Farnham and at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.
The second part of the BEEF Presents programme will be announced later in the year and will include workshops by invited artists and BEEF members that explore the possibilities of analogue film, and provide opportunities for artists in the city to learn analogue film techniques and processes to inform a broader exploration of experimental arts practices.
This programme is supported by WEVAA and funded by Arts Council England.
Entry requirements:
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