A special film screening of artists’ films will be presented at the Pier Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday 6 June. The programme for the event includes new and classic experimental films that tie in with the current exhibition Living Colour ~ artists’ animated films which is presented in partnership with McLaren 2014 celebrating the centenary of the birth of pioneering Scottish/Canadian artist and filmmaker Norman McLaren.
The event, Process / Forms / Colour, will include short films by the Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait, Norman McLaren, Malcolm Le Grice, Jennifer Nightingale, Nicky Hamlyn, Neil Henderson and Simon Payne. The films in the programme use unique methods and processes of filming, printing and sequencing to produce colourful visionary images and lively, often musical, soundtracks.
The event will be introduced by Simon Payne, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, whose film Colour Bars, (2004) is included in Living Colour ~ artists’ animated films.
Curator of the Pier Arts Centre Andrew Parkinson said, “This is a rare opportunity to see some of the most innovative animated films created over the last 50 years. We are delighted that Simon Payne will be here to present the films – Simon has been at the forefront of creative filmmaking for many years, as a teacher, writer and filmmaker, and the programme he has brought together offers a comprehensive selection of some of the most interesting and enjoyable artists’ films.”
The event is free of charge and no booking is required. For further information, please contact the Pier Arts Centre on 01856 850209 or go to www.pierartscentre.com
The films that will be screened at the event are:
- Cut Out Simon Payne (2013, 3’33”, 16:9)
- Knitting Pattern no.1 Jennifer Nightingale (2006, 2’, 16mm, silent)
- Porthleven Jennifer Nightingale (2014, 1’, silent)
- Panni Nicky Hamlyn (2005, 3’, 16mm, silent)
- Berlin Horse Malcolm Le Grice (1970, 9’, 16mm)
- Portrait of Evan Parker (Silver/Gold) Neil Henderson (2010, 12’, 16mm)
- Colour Poems Margaret Tait (1974, 12’, 16mm)
- New Ratio Simon Payne (2007, 1’45”, 16:9)
- Synchromy Norman McLaren (1971, 7’ 16mm)
- Vice Versa Et Cetera Simon Payne (2010, 10’)
The Pier Arts Centre is open Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm. Admission is free. Living Colour ~ artists’ animated films runs at the gallery until Saturday 7 June.