Train Film at Assembly: a survey of recent artists' film and video in Britain 2008-2013 at TATE Britain

Photos by John Rogers

I showed a reconfiguration of Train Film (14:11) (orginally filmed in The Powerhub, Maidstone) at Tate Britain on Monday 24th February which was one of three expanded cinema events part of a four month programme of artists' film and video curated by Stuart Comer, formerly Tate, now chief curator Media and Performance, MoMA; George Clark, Tate Modern; and Melissa Blanchflower, Tate Britain; with independent curators Simon Payne and Andrew Vallance. 

The new work incorporated two overhead projectors showing 2 of the original 3 filmstrips and a contact print of the filmstrips on standard 8 projected in between the static original filmstrips.  The image is a frameless pinhole photograph on 2ft lengths of super 8 black and white reversal film of the train speeding through the windows of the The Powerhub.

The programme called Assembly: Near and Further Contact II included work by Nicky Hamlyn, Vicky Smith, Greg Pope and Lee Patterson and Torsten Lauschmann.  

Future Screenings

Rosemary, Again and Again is showing at Collective-iz's programme at The Summerhall in Edinburgh on Friday 22nd November.

I'm also delighted to be showing a film as part of an expanded cinema event called Assembly: Near and Further Contact II at Tate Britain on February 24th, 2014, alongside Nicky Hamlyn, Torsten Lauschman, Greg Pope and Vicky Smith. The film programme Assembly: A survey of recent artists’ film and video in Britain 2008–2013 which starts on 23rd November with a free event part of the House Warming Party celebrates the opening of new and renovated spaces.  (shy whoop whooping going on!)

The programme kicks off with Assembly: I Extend my Arms on the 23rd November and is the first of a series of Sunday and Monday screenings and curated programmes between November 2013 and March 2014.  The programme has been curated by Stuart Comer, George Clarke, Melissa Blanchflower, Andrew Vallence and Simon Payne.