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Film still from 'We all fade away', Nisha Duggal
City-wide screenings of artists' film
In association with Leeds International Film Festival, Pavilion is hosting a series of film screenings across the city of Leeds; drawing attention to incidental and staged happenings. Screenings will take place in bar and cafe spaces, shop windows and a public square.
This year we will also preview 'Frank', a short film written and directed by Lee Maloney and produced by Andy Watson. This film has been commissioned by Pavilion and supported by our Studio 12 programme.
Launch event & 'Frank' preview
Tuesday 13 November 2007, 6 pm - 8 pm
The Wardrobe Bar, 6 St Peters Square, Leeds
Film still from 'Frank'
Frank - Studio 12 film commission
The downfall of a northern loan shark - Kieslowski meets Ken Loach in a working mens' club. A film with community, fear and betrayal at its heart, this solid, insightful short unearths the destructive power of self delusion.
City-wide screenings
BBC Big Screen, Millennium Square, Leeds.
The full programme of artists' film will be screened daily at 10 am and 2 pm.
Film still from 'Eva', Zoe Brown
Gadsby's, 33 New Briggate, Leeds. 24 hour screening.
Eve is a film portrait by artist Zoë Brown. Presented as an installation in the window of Gadsby's art shop; this work depicts circus performer Eva Garcia performing her act the 'iron jaw'. In this act Eva is suspended with only a grip between her teeth.
Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds. 24 hour screening.
Alex Pearl's film Life, consists of a simple character made from a ping-pong ball and child-like hand drawn features. In Pearl’s films his delicately constructed robots and characters are subjected to the forces of gravity and chance. In Life the ball is pitched against a wind-machine, rotating to first reveal a sad then happy face.
Film still from 'Swing', Lisa O'Brien
Seven, 31a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton Leeds.
Screenings on 14 & 15 November 7-8pm and 16 & 18 November 10.30 - 11.30pm. A presentation of three short film works by artists Nisha Duggal, Amy Feneck and Lisa O'Brien.
In Duggal's animation, We All Fade Away, a group of anonymous tourists crowd together, gazing towards an off-screen spectacle. One by one, each figure transforms into a migrating bird and flies away, illustrating the passing of time and the fragility of that once cherished moment.
Amy Feneck's Super 8 film, Why can't I play the piano like I can breathe draws inspiration from Werner Herzog's film, The enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in which a feral child struggles to negotiate the cultural practices of civilized society. Exploring our endeavour to strive for perfection, Feneck’s film captures the persistence of a group of skaters at a public ice-rink.
Lisa O'Brien's practice is concern with film, sound and duration and how these co-dependent elements can be manipulated. In Swing a child's swing serves as a visual metronome, however each movement is interrupted and the swing returns before completing a full arc. The haunting quality of this film is further exaggerated by the sound of a child singing a Gaelic nursery rhyme.
Related links:
Leeds International Film Festival, www.leedsfilm.com
BBC Big Screen, www.bbc.co.uk/Leeds
Gadsby's, 33 New Briggate, Leeds, www.gadsbys.co.uk
Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, www.conferenceculture.co.uk
Seven, 31a Harrogate Road, www.sevenleeds.co.uk
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