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Workshops
From 1994 – 7, a series of open access workshops were run to investigate the possibilities of ultra-short film/video works appearing as almost subliminal cinematic intrusions. The project was aimed at developing ideas for creating original artworks specifically using the "space" between the adverts and the main feature of a mainstream cinema programme. Six of these works were selected for transfer to film and were launched at the Cambridge Film Festival and shown at the Screen on the Green, London during 1996.
Commissions
In 1997, The Junction commissioned six artists working in performance and visual arts to make forty-five second blipverts for the cinema which were seen by nearly 750,000 people during 1997/8 in a network of thirty-five independent cinemas. Appearing unannounced between the adverts and the main feature these films were designed to provide a new platform for artists not usually given the opportunity to work on widescreen 35 mm film.
Devised and produced by
Chris Dorley-Brown and Zbigniew Jaroc
Made in association with Artec, London
Supported by The Junction Multi-Media,
Arts Council England, East
The artists:
Desperate Optimists, Stewart Home, Blast Theory, Markus Hansen, Ian Breakwell & Ron Geesin, Leila Arab.
The cinemas:
The Gate (Notting Hill), Ritzy (Brixton), Cameo (Edinburgh), Phoenix (East Finchley), David Lean (Croydon), Cambridge Arts Cinema, Cinema City, (Norwich), Clapham Picture House, Exeter Picture House, Phoenix (Oxford), Duke of York (Brighton), Arnolfini (Bristol), Riverside (London), New Stratford East Picture House (London), Lux Cinema (London).
The festivals/ events:
"NOW" Nottingham, England
/ "OSTRANENIE 97" Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
/ "Connected" Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
/ "Night of the Living Tongues 2" The Junction, Cambridge, England
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