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Twelve Charming Men

27/10/2011 //
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Moving Images

It’s not often I get the opportunity to spend time in the company of twelve charming men, so yesterday’s first session of the Moving Images course was quite a treat. I walked from the office on Oxford Road to the cathedral, swinging my arms and enjoying the clement weather while hoping fervently that the Flip cameras in my bag would work. Rachael, the course tutor, was already there when I arrived and after introductions and a chat about the course I left her to get on with her teaching.

Moving Images is a course on film-making for the clients of the Booth Centre in town. During their eight week course the participants would like to visit Whitworth Art Gallery (where they will make mini films on iPads), Manchester Museum, Manchester Art Gallery and possibly MadLab and the People’s History Museum too.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

They have also requested a day out in the fresh air, away from the city. Yorkshire Sculpture Park seems like a good choice as they will have ample opportunity to wander around the grounds with plenty of sculptures to photograph. The current exhibitions feature work by Jaume Plensa and Rachel Goodyear which are well worth seeing.

09.04.11 – 22.01.12
YSP presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Encouraging tactile and sensory exploration, this vibrant exhibition includes a 50-metre curtain of poetry made of suspended steel letters, large illuminated sculptures in the landscape, and engraved gongs that visitors can strike to fill the gallery with sound.

01.10.11 – 03.01.12
This autumn, YSP presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Rachel Goodyear. Tipped as one of Art Review’s Future Greats in 2008 and nominated for the Northern Art Prize in 2009, Goodyear’s compelling cast of characters inhabit a strange and complex world of contradictions, existing somewhere between the macabre and mundane. Exploring themes of fear, desire, vulnerability and isolation, Goodyear invites the viewer into a dark place where human psychologies and animal behaviour collide and merge.

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Desperately seeking… film-makers

03/09/2011 //
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Mad Lab Film Fest

On the Hunt: arrows drawn

“I need film-makers,” I said to Hwa Young at our last meeting. “No problem,” she replied. “We’re holding a Short Film Fest at Mad Lab on Friday 2 Sept, come along and you’ll meet some of the directors and producers.” Fantastic!

So, at 17:30 I logged off, locked up and skipped down Oxford Road towards the Northern Quarter. The Film Fest started at 6pm and would go on until the stars popped up in the sky and the drunks stumbled around in the gutter.

First we watched some music videos and then some fascinating short films. I was particularly struck by a black and white film shot in Manchester called Voices. The writer/producer/director, Mat Johns from Zero Facility Films, was sitting on the floor behind me and when the film finished I congratulated him and was amazed to find out that he had produced it in 24 hours from start to finish. I gave him a copy of the Peripheral Vision PDF and we exchanged contact details.

Then, by sheer good fortune, the enigmatic Michael Barnes-Wynters, of Doodlebug fame, sat down next to me. I first met Barney at the Noise Lab launch in 2009 when I was scouting around for interesting events and people for the Just the Ticket project. You can see a tiny video of me at the launch here.

Baekdu

By 8pm our stomachs were rumbling and we headed off to Baekdu (by Shudehill Station), a Korean restaurant. It was full to brimming and we had to wait to get a table. We love the chef there: he always takes such care over his cooking and often presents the food himself with a huge smile. It was absolutely delicious. Here’s a photo of my chicken Bibimbap with an egg on top:

Baekdu dish

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Peripheral Vision

03/06/2011 //
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Eye picture

Peripheral Vision: our IACL Fund Project Name

So I have decided on a name for the project: Peripheral Vision. I know it’s going to be about film making and photography and books. Now that I have the name and the concept I just need to write the narrative… that’s the best bit.

I think this photo is perfect for marketing the project. I shall use it on all Peripheral Vision publicity materials. I took it whilst on a book-making course at Hot Bed Press.

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