New Screening - Living Film at No.w.here, London

I'm showing Rosemary Again and Again as part of a programme called Living Film, at No.w.here on Wednesday 16th October 2013 7pm.

"We refer to Living Film with respect to the reversibility of the terms: film as object that is activated through physical contact and film as an ongoing mode of material practice that shapes the consciousness of, animates and enlivens its makers." (Vicky Smith and Karel Doing, 2013)

Programmed by Vicky Smith and Karel Doing.

It promises to be a great evening, here are details of the full programme, booking and venue address.

All Around You II, installation view at DISRUPTION, Cathy Rogers, 2013

As it's been a while since I've posted, here's a summary of what I've been doing.  I've also updated my website. www.cargocollective.com/cathyrogers

2011

Abstract for my MPhil at the RCA - Film Outside Cinema 

 

Artist Page in Sequence Issue 2 - Hosepipe Film, Published by No.w.here and edited by Simon Payne

'All Around You' | Fieldwork II, Group Show, Kensington, London

2012 

'Train Film' and 'Scotopic' included in an essay by Nicky Hamlyn called 'Medium Practices' published in Public journal Issue 44, York University, Toronto, ISSN: 0845-4450, 2011

'Lightstep II' | Lydd Church, Art in Romney Marsh Churches, 2012, Curated by David Rhodes (De La Warr Pavilion) and Susan Churchill (Art In Romney Marsh)

'Scotopic' screening at Black and Light | Viewing and Listening Space series, Royal College of Art, programmed by Collective-iz

Besides the Screen, Goldsmiths University, Conference paper  Alongside and Beyond (Paracinema) on the panel Limits of Film 

2013

'All Around You II' | DISRUPTION, Research Biennial, RCA

'Rosemary, Again and Again' | Now and Here, The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, programmed by Collective-iz 

'All of This is Here' | Nightworks, Testbed1, Battersea, London, programmed by Andrew Vallance and Cathy Rogers

Talks and Workshops 

2012

Artist' Experimental Film and Video Screening at UCA Maidstone, part of 51 Zero, Film, Video and Digital Arts Festival co-programmed with Margherita Gramegna and Nicky Hamlyn.

Super 8 workshop and artist presentation, Rochester, part of 51 Zero, Film, Video and Digital Arts Festival

Artist Talk, UCA Maidstone, Fine Art Media Student.

Nicky Hamlyn

At Last, Nicky Hamlyn's expansive body of work is now available online www.nickyhamlyn.com.  Finally the true breadth and talent of this filmmaker and writer is brought together in one place.

One year on

Dear Blog,

It's been a year since my last post and I feel it's time to mention something....

I've started a research degree and this has pre-occupied a lot of my thinking time plus getting used to being in a new mode of 'being' on a day to day basis.

My hosepipe film was published in Sequence Issue 2 and I'm continuing with experiments, finding new and improved pipes to use!

Theoretical preoccupations have been around notions of time and duration and how the filmstrip can communicate this, outside of the cinematic apparatus.

I'm not sure what else to share at the moment, apart from this image, some new ideas i'm playing with. A print of 7 secs of film, a series I'm working on of prints from my super 8 colour reversal film loops of the Martello Towers at Dymchurch. Developed as a black and white negative image. Seven secs of film time frozen in one frame.

The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist

A serendipitous moment, considering it being the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day tomorrow, when a page in a book on my desk was open at the Guerrilla Girls poster work;

'The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist:

Working without the pressure of success.
Not having to be in shows with men.
Having an escape from the art world in your 4 free-lance jobs.
Knowing your career might pick up after you're eighty.
Being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine.
Not being stuck in a tenured teaching position.
Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others.
Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood.
Not having to choke on those big cigars or paint in Italian suits.
Having more time to work when your mate dumps you for someone younger.
Being included in revised versions of art history.
Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius.
Getting your picture in the art magazines wearing a gorilla suit.

A public service message from GUERRILLA GIRLS conscience of the Art World. 1988'

(Uta Grosenick, (Ed) 2003, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, Taschen, GmbH, p.73)

New Website

I'm constructing a new website, separate from this blog, take a look...

www.cargocollective.com/cathyrogers

More work will be added soon. Any feedback gratefully received.

Kodachrome Angel

My last roll of developed and telecined kodachrome arrived back last week. The footage is a mixture of short clips from 3 years ago. Here's an angel for valentines day. (this was shot at dusk so I'm assuming this has something to do with the purple tint)

Trees

Trees are my new fascination. At the moment whilst they are bare, their skeleton form, scale and presence slighly mesmerising. But not as truly amazing as this work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/wt.shtml