It’s been a good month for my new video, Vanishing. The film was screened at the CMR Project Space in Redruth as an Official Selection of the Cornwall Film Festival. It was programmed within their Experimental Film Weekender.
Vanishing has also made the Official Selection for the Festival CinemaZERO 2023 “Visions Beyond the Anthropocene” MUSE award competition which means that it will be screened with seven other shortlisted films in Trento, Italy on 3 December. Festival CinemaZERO has been running 16 years and I love how it is dedicated to films that have ‘a different attitude, adventurous or poetic, DIY or punk, anarchic or self-sufficient; that speak with a personal, intimate, courageous and autonomous voice’.
Finally, Vanishing has also been longlisted for the Zealous Amplify creative competition on the theme of Environment. There are 50 creative projects on this longlist - photography, video and different media. I look forward to finding out more about the projects during the competition.
When I finished the short video at the end of August my main emotion was relief! It had been a long and challenging project for me for different reasons but was completed with Juliet’s reading of the voiceover. I’m so pleased it has been given these opportunities.
Opening night of the London Group Open 2023 at Copeland Gallery
The London Group Open exhibition previewed on 9 November and there was a huge turn-out at Copeland Gallery. There were 158 artworks from member and selected non-member exhibitors and a strong selection of video and sculptural installations. My video, Chalk, was projected as part of a four-video loop and I really enjoyed the other videos in that selection, one of which received a prize. I invigilated one afternoon, which was a great opportunity to see the work when it was less busy - although there were people arriving throughout - and it was a chance to talk to other exhibitors and members of the London Group. The exhibition ran from 10 - 26 November.
Chalk video projected at the Copeland Gallery, Peckham