I launched my new zine, Chalk, at our Disrupted Landscapes exhibition at Four Corners in mid-March. The zine is in an edition of 100, and is also available to purchase from this website. I really enjoyed working to an A4 format this time, and being able to include images from the coast that have been a part of recent photography and video projects. Chalk also includes two essays on my Disrupted Landscapes work from writers Diane Smyth and Jane Madsen.
Vanishing, 2024
This month has also brought some good news for my short film, Vanishing. In mid-March it was an award winner in the Best Documentary Director in the Short Movies category at the 2024 Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid (FICIMAD). There is a thoughtful description of the film in their awards catalogue which describes is as a “timely warning about the fragility of the planet” and a “transgressive, moving and necessary film”.
Vanishing has also been awarded Official Selection at the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival 2024 and will be screened in their experimental programme.
Vanishing was a difficult film to make and at times I wondered if I would even be able to finish it. It's probably a feeling that many people making films recognise. I'm just grateful that I did find a way to complete it and that it's been given these opportunities.
Vanishing, 2024