 |
01: Concept
From 2009 to 2013 I created a series of short films that are connected in three ways. The first connection is that their primary home is the Internet. The second is that they are all about time and memory. The third is the way they explore Carl Jung's concept of the 'collective unconscious'.
I have extended the life of these films by exhibiting outside the Internet in film festivals around the world. This has allowed me to reach a range of audiences and by doing so receive feedback beyond the social constructs of the region and country I live in. In some cases I have even been able to travel overseas to be part of screenings and participate in conferences.
This timeline shows the reach and impact of this work, with a small narrative and URL links related to the image shown. The first is the film 'Time Fragments'. |
 |
02: New York
After creating Time Fragments in 2009 and lunching it online in 2010 I was invited to show the film in New York. It was shown twice at the archetime festival.
ArcheTime presented itself as a 'Cross-Disciplinary Conference, Exhibition, Film Festival dedicated to exploring artistic, academic and scientific concepts of Time'. I was very interested in how they combined theory with the practice.
Being part of this conference introduced me to media artists such as David Clark. His explorations of time through film are very well worked out on his website. He has regular screenings around the world.
Archetime is still producing cross-disciplinary conferences and exhibits and I am keen to maintain my links with them. Here is a link to the ArcheTime website. |
 |
03: New Film
After engaging with Archetime and enjoying exchanges and feedback from artists alongside whom I showed, I created a second film called ‘V O Y A G E’.
Journeys are an important part of my Artwork. I see travel as a physical and an emotional state that can happen with or without movement. The cue for this film was T. S. Elliot’s East Coker (from The Four Quartets) - ‘still and still moving...’. Even when you are standing still - you are still moving (in time and space).
Whereas Time Fragments used small sections of footage with a soundtrack of city noise, this new film used larger sections either on the left or the right of the screen, but with a soundtrack of Buddhist Monks chanting. When I recall memories they are abstract or fragmented. In this film I tried to recreate this ‘memory recall’ and now it exists online. |
 |
04: Vancouver
V O Y A G E was shown at an excellent film festival in Vancouver in 2012: Cinesonika, Celebrating the Soundtrack. Again, this festival combined a conference for papers (for which I was a panel member) and the actual screening of films at the prestigious Simon Fraser University.
From its name it was clear that the festival's focus was creative and exploratory use of sound in film. It was only by attending the screening in Simon Fraser University's full screen cinema that I realised the impact of sound in my own film and the films of others. In particular Frederic Moffet's work resonated with me.
Comments I received from filmmakers centred around the way in which the left- and right-side images in my film tied in with the soundtrack. Cinesonika is now in its third year. |
 |
05: Europe
In between showing in New York and Vancouver, I also showed both Time Fragments and V O Y A G E in Sofia's International Digital Art Festival at the National Academy of Art (in both 2010 and 2011). This allowed me to interact with some artists in Europe and helped to expose me to ideas that were different, but equally as creative as the Artists in North America.
Here are links my films at these festivals in the National Academy of Art (2010 & 2011).
|
 |
06: Journal
Cinesonika extended their practice / research conference in earnest by inviting folk to submit Artist statements for peer review in the UK based journal, The Soundtrack.
Following the festival I submitted a paper, which was peer reviewed and accepted into the journal. |
 |
07: Publicity
In 2012 I was interviewed by videofocus. It was clear that videofocus had researched my artwork extensively. Their questions showed a deep understanding of my films and allowed me to expand on my ideas. They were also keen to find out my experiences of exhibiting in Europe and North America.
The issue of videofocus shown was released in October 2013 and here is a link to the article.
|
 |
08: Teaching
One of the benefits of all this work is to feedback the experience to students by teaching. As well as discussing the origins of my Artwork I also discuss the packaging and presentation of my films as this design work is important for the overall promotion.
In the University where I work I teach on the final year of the BA (Hons) Fine Art Course. Within my lectures I demonstrate - via these examples - the importance of consistency in the presentation and design of work in digital and anaolgue worlds.
I have been giving these lectures for the last five years. During the development and production of this work just over 400 students have benefited from my experience through this teaching directly linked to my practice.
|
 |
|
|
