A big thank you to Faye Claridge for showing her video work last Thursday. She introduced the three pieces by saying that they weren't meant to be viewed as 'cinematic' films but as installation videos. For me that wasn't a problem, especially with the fairground videos. I too love to intensely gaze at people. Almost in a voyeuristic way. Observing the little things that give away a lot about people's characters and lives.
During the Q&A questions were asked like 'your photographic work seems to be much more manipulated by you than your video work'. Faye responded by saying that her films are also in a sense artificial; one fixed camera angle, long, slow paced edits. In doing so she tries to freeze a piece of time. She is very much fascinated by social history and I think her films will be of much interest for historians in years to come. Have a look at Faye's work: www.fayeclaridge.com
This Thursday, 21 October, Hugh Robinson will screen his latest short.
View the Museum Movies. Click on these links to Youtube, they will take you straight to Alan's and Bill's films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIsyMRrmni4 (Bill Sankey's Art Gallery)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojc0KLYu6BI (winner: Alan van Wijgerden's The Boat House)
We are also mentioned on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/coventry/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9111000/9111268.stm
See you soon on a Thursday night!
Tammy
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