Image:I believe I can imagine a colour I have never seen before Piotr Krzymowsk
Selected is a new collection of artists’ film and video that will be touring the UK from 17th May – June 2011, taking place at some of the UK’s leading venues for showcasing artists’ moving image work.
Curated by four of the UK’s foremost artists working in moving image, Selected brings together some of the best new artists’ film and video to audiences. Shortlisted artists for the 2010 Film London Jarman Award – Ben Rivers, Emily Wardill, Zineb Sedira and Spartacus Chetwynd – have selected work by
up-and-coming, fresh filmmaking talent, to develop an invigorating new programme of work.
Throughout May and June Selected will be touring to six venues in England and Scotland, including:
Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow;
Brighton Festival;
Showroom Cinema, Sheffield;
Whitechapel Gallery, London;
Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle;
and Picture This, Bristol.
Image:Ben Russell Trypps 6
Artists in the programme include: Sebastian Buerkner, Zoe Brown, Uriel Orlow & Mikhail Karikis, Piotr Krzymowski, Chooc Ly Tan, Michael Robinson, Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, and Ben Russell.
The tour programme will include talks by the filmmakers introducing their work, and the process of making new film and video.
Image:Sebastian Buerkner Album Matter
Selected has been produced in partnership with videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), with the aim of showcasing and celebrating some of the most innovative emerging talent in artists’ moving image.
Spartacus Chetwynd selected:
Sebastian Buerkner – Album Matter
Zoe Brown – I am She
Ben Rivers selected:
Michael Robinson – The General Returns From One Place To Another
Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt – History of Mutual Respect
Ben Russell – Trypps no. 6 (Malobi)
Zineb Sedira selected:
Uriel Orlow & Mikhail Karikis – Sounds from Beneath
Emily Wardill selected:
Piotr Krzymowski – I believe I can imagine a colour I have never seen before
Chooc Ly Tan – New Materials in the Reading of the World
Joel Furness – A Tent in the Park
Tilly Shiner – Points of a Horse
Picture This
Thursday 26 May 2011, 6.30pm
Suggested donation £2 – pay on the door
Picture This, Mardyke Ferry Road, Spike Island, Bristol BS1 6UU
www.picture-this.org.uk / 0117 925 7010
Showroom Cinema
Thursday 2 June 2011, 8:30pm
£7.60 full / £5.10 concessions / £4.00 student
Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX
www.showroomworkstation.org.uk / 0114 275 7727
Star and Shadow Cinema
Wednesday 8 June 2011, 7:30pm
£5 full / £3.50 concessions
Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2NP
www.starandshadow.org.uk / 0191 261 0066
CCA Glasgow
Thursday 23 June 2011, 7pm
£5 full / £3 concessions
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
www.cca-glasgow.com / 0141 352 4900
Whitechapel Gallery
Thursday 30th June 2011, time TBC
£6 full / £4 concessions
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
www.whitechapelgallery.org / 020 7522 78889
videoclub
videoclub produces development and exhibition opportunities for artists working with film, video and digital practices; providing opportunities for the public to see, experience and engage in discourse about artists’ work.
www.videoclub.org.uk
Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network
Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports London-based artists working in moving image, working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive programme including production award schemes, regular
screenings, talks and events, as well as the prestigious annual Film London Jarman Award.
The Jarman Award honours the legacy of avant-garde film-maker Derek Jarman. It recognises and rewards the exceptional creativity of today’s UK artist film-makers whose work, like Jarman’s, resists conventional definition.
www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin
Supported by Arts Council England and Film London
