John Smith : Horizon

Turner Contemporary, Margate
1 – 17 June 2012

Horizon is a new film by video artist John Smith that is showing at Turner Contemporary in Margate. 

Filmed from the windows of the gallery and around Margate, the work is constructed from images of the view out to sea, recorded over several months in dramatically different weather conditions. The film uses a variety of means to stress and contrast the abstract qualities of light, colour and movement, drawing attention to the spectacular improbability of the natural world.

Yael Bartana: And Europe Will Be Stunned, 22 May–1 July 2012

And Europe Will Be Stunned, Israeli artist Yael Bartana’s powerful and challenging trilogy of films made in Poland between 2007 and 2011, will be presented by Artangel this summer in a special exhibition at Hornsey Town Hall in London’s Crouch End. Free entry

Opening times

22 May – 1 July 2012

Tue and Wed: 1pm – 8pm
Thu and Fri: 1pm – 9pm
Sat and Sun: 12pm – 6pm

The combined running time of the three films is 60 minutes. Mary Koszmary (Nightmares) (11 min) runs continuously in one space. Mur i Wieża (Wall and Tower) (15 min) and Zamach (Assassination) (35 min) run sequentially in the Council Chamber.

Bande Dessinee & Comics Passion 2012

Institut Francais, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT.
24 – 27 May 2012

The international Bande Dessinee & Comics Passion festival returns to London in May 2012.  This year’s festival runs over 4 days, and features a huge range of events, including talks by Guy Delisle and David B, as well as a screening of Marjane Satrapi’s new film, Chicken with plums (Poulet aux prunes).

LUX / ICA Biennial of Moving Images

ICA, London SW1Y 5AH.
24 – 27 May 2012

A new four-day celebration of contemporary artists’ moving image launched by LUX and the ICA, offering a wide-ranging and diverse perspective on contemporary moving image practice. The LUX/ICA Biennial is the only one of its kind in the UK, exploring contemporary work through screenings, courses and talks in both the ICA cinemas and theatre.

The event will also feature a series of live performance commissions.

Visit the ICA website for further information, and to book tickets.

The art of film & TV title design

The latest installment of web series, Off Book, looks at artists working on film and television title sequences. Karin Fong and Peter Frankfurt discuss their Mad Men title sequence, as well as their well-known opening credits for David Fincher’s Se7en.

Ben Conrad explains how his title work integrated into the physical world of Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland, allowing zombies to rampage right through floating letters announcing things like “Columbia Pictures” and “Produced by Gavin Polone,” and spelling out the numbered rules of post-apocalyptic survival even as the protagonists observed, bent, and broke them.

Jean-Pascal Flavien: Cinonema, No Drama Cinema at the South London Gallery

PERFORMANCE: WEDNESDAY 9 MAY, 7PM, £5/£3 CONC

EXHIBITION: 10-12 MAY, 2-6PM, FREE

For his first solo project in the UK, French Berlin-based artist Jean-Pascal Flavien presents a new performance, entitled Cinonema, no drama cinema, followed by a three-day film installation of performative projections in the Clore Studio.

For more details go to the South London Gallery website.

Booking for the performance on 9 May  is essential. 
Book online  or call 020 7703 6120.

Remote Control

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, SW1Y 5AH.
Until 10th June 2012
FREE

Remote Control surveys the enormous impact that television has had upon contemporary culture through a range of artistic engagement with the medium and offers a look at how the next generation are responding to digital convergence. The exhibition includes many important works that reveal the power and influence of television broadcasting on politics and society. Remote Control coincides with the digital switchover in the UK and marks the end of analogue broadcasting, representing a milestone in the evolution of the medium.

The exhibition includes work by Adrian Piper, Harun Farocki, Martha Rosler and Ant Farm.  For further information, please visit the ICA website.

Grant Orchard & Joseph Pierce at XOYO

Bar Shorts at XOYO, London EC2A 4AP
16th April 2012, 7pm, FREE

Bar Shorts is a brand new bi-monthly short film and animation night curated by Chris Shepherd (a sessional animation tutor at UCA Maidstone) & 12Foot6.  The opening night will feature Grant Orchard’s Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning A Morning Stroll, Joseph Pierce’s The Pub, Phil Mulloy’s The Banker, as well as films by Tim Brunsden and Jesse Collett.

Please visit XOYO’s website for more information.

uScreen filmmaking workshops

uScreen is a fully accessible website which aims to provide young deaf and disabled (alongside non-disabled young people) aged 14-25 years the opportunities to share, learn and collaborate on film-making.  The uScreen website already includes hundreds of films made by young deaf and disabled people in Kent and the rest of the UK.  A great example is the film, Deaf Mugger, featured below…

uScreen workshops for young people across the South-East are now taking place! Using www.uscreen.co.uk to storyboard, edit and share films, young people are gaining hands on filmmaking experience and support. 

To find out more, or to book a uScreen workshop, please contact julie.larner@future-creative.org

Purity: North American Structural Film

BFI Southbank, London
7th March 2012, 8:40 pm

The BFI is showing a selection of ground-breaking North American films from the late 1960s that focus on the structures of film and filmmaking. Highlighting camera movement, the cut and the film surface in their most condensed and exaggerated forms, and using flash-frames, mesmerising loops and rich block-colour, the resulting uncompromising works make for compelling, often hypnotic viewing and were designed to encourage states of heightened self-awareness.

The showing will include films by Paul Sharits, Owen Land, Ernie Gehr and Michael Snow.  Please see the BFI website for the full programme or to book tickets.