paintography

The long gap between posts represents starting an MA Fine and Applied Arts. Working three days a week at a gallery and a mid-winter trudge through the snow.

A lot of work has happened and I have recently updated my website with some of it: www.harrietgifford.com/newworkphotography.html

Water Light:

Experimental film project with artists Harriet Gifford and Hazel Stone.

This is a free public screening of short films by us, the two artists, onto the facade of the old cinema building on Whitstable High Street. The event is taking place between 8-9pm on Saturday 15th September. 44-48 Whitststable High Street (Budgens). It is free and open to all.

All plans are steeming ahead, all permissions have been granted so its all go. I am really excited and a little anxious as well. But it should be great. We have a couple of other film makers who will be recording the event and posting on youtube and elswhere. We have a fb page. So check out http://on.fb.me/QeQFwa

Water Lights. I am curating an outdoor public screening of new experiental films by myself and Hazel Stone for Whitstable Bennale Satellite. We had a technical run through last night and it looks amazing. I’m very happy. More details to follow.

phew, what a round-a-bout.

I am trying to organise a public outdoor screening for a new film as part of the Whitstable Biennale Satellite. Mostly I have encountered enthusiastic and helpful people but trying to establish whether or not I might require planning consent or temporary events licence is proving to be a circular process. Maybe I do need one, maybe I don’t, but so far no one is willing to go on the record, even at the planning office to say I definately don’t.

At this rate I am hoping to have 3 films screening at different locations during the Biennale. So I am feeling good, if tired trying to keep all the balls in the air. Plus I am doing an all day art market in Ashford tomorrow to try to keep the free exchange of art for money going!

And a week’s holiday, planned long before all these other balls went into orbit, the week before the Biennale. Hopefully I’ll be relaxed and not a screwed up ball of elastic by the time I get back.

Debut Film:

on Saturday I made my first short film. I got up early and shot some footage, on my first video camera, in the village where I live. I imported the files to my computer, used my new software to edit it, made and added some music.

I opened a Vimeo account and uploaded my little film. I went to the social network sites and let people know how to find it..

www.photisms.com

By Sunday lunch I had been invited to have a public screening at…

The Marvellous Miniature Cinema, at the Horsebridge Centre as part of the Whitstable Biennale Satellite this September/October.

I’ll admit to being really quite pleased.