Lightness to premiere in Greenwich, 16th Feb 2015

My first 16mm film about light pollution and its effects will be shown in the heart of Greenwich on Monday 16th February 2015. 

Lecture Theatre, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, London, SE10 8EY. 6-9pm. The film will be shown every half hour. Q&A with Observatory astronomers. Free.

Hope to see you there!

Small Wonders Nominated for Award

Small Wonders has been nominated for London Short Film Festival Best Documentary Award sponsored by Sheffield Doc/Fest. The Prize will be announced at the end of the festival on 17th January 2015.

Congratulations to my fellow nominees:

•    The Forest Toys (Florence Kennard)
•    Uplands (Jenny Holt)
•    Across Still Water  (Ruth Grimberg)
•    Touch life  (Leo Bruges & Marcin Knyziak)
•    Sleepers' Beat (Anastasia Kirillova)
•    R. W Enstone (Kate Moore)  
•    Zima (Winter) (Cristina Picchi)
•    Small Wonders (Katie Goodwin)

Off to Finland for winter 2014-2015

I'm off for a 3 month residency to Soumenlinna Island off Helsinki, Finland to literally dwell in the darkness and make a new film project about it. I will be in residence at HIAP on 17th Century fort Island. The project is generously funded by the Australian Arts Council and the British Council/Arts Council International Development Fund. 

You can keep a track of what I'm doing on my project blog

Manchester Exhibition

An exhibition curated by Elizabeth Wewiora and Matthew Pendergast At TOAST, 6th Floor, Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces, Federation House, Manchester

15 Nov - 20 December 2014

Hankering for Classification presents new and existing work by ten artists from across the UK, who employ methods of classification, archiving and collecting. The exhibition will also include bespoke exhibition design developed by artist Poppy Whatmore.

Through the experience of differences and relations between things, we determine the meaning they have for us. In a variety of mediums including sculpture, performance, painting and video the artists in this exhibition carry out our shared compulsion to organize, record and curate the world around us, with a will to make sense of it. Whatmore’s reworking of traditional exhibition design will visually and physically connect the art works together emphasizing the nature of an exhibition as a careful arrangement of art works, which contain their own contexts and histories but are also related to one another and the viewer.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events including: Artists video screenings, talks and workshops. For a full list of programmed events please check: www.wewioraprojects.com/hankeringforclassification

Exhibition work by:

Nicky Bird, Andrew Bracey, David Gledhill, Katie Goodwin, Martin Hamblen, Tobby Huddlestone, Kwong Lee, Niall Macdonald, Claire Tindale and Poppy Whatmore.

Venue Details and Opening Hours:

TOAST, 6th Floor, Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces, Federation House, Manchester,

Open 15 November – 20 December 2014, every Thurs & Fri 1-9pm, Sat 1-6pm, Preview Fri 14 Nov 6-9pm.

Directions: Federation can be found on the corner of Federation Street and Balloon Street, just passed Shudehill Bus Station. Please see the link for exact location,  TOAST

This project has kindly been funded by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, with further support from Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces, Federation House and TOAST, and kindly sponsored by Belle Vue Coaches

For all press and marketing enquiries please contact Matthew Pendergast via mpendergast@hotmail.com

www.wewioraprojects.com/hankeringforclassification

Images : (left to right) David Gledhill, Niall Macdonald, Claire Tindale and Poppy Whatmore