research journal (MA and beyond)
taking some time to start a course on experimental sound making. looking forward to exploring what has gone before and how it might impact my film-making. some notes: a list of the big hitters in sound art: John Cage: Empty Words Alvin Lucier: I am Sitting In A Room Joe Carter: Harbour Symphony Brain Eno:... Continue Reading →
no rush: i am working slowly through a range of coloured layers for a print open call exhibition in Spain. feels good to be back working in colour and also working with stencil cut-outs. i find myself slowing down my making process and setting myself smaller incremental units to complete. this slowing down seems to... Continue Reading →
film shaping and completing: happy to say that over the course of may, i managed to shape and complete my film based on the footage i had gathered over lockdown. i thoughts if i gave myself a month to focus on completing this project, then i could submit it to an open call which had... Continue Reading →
things to hand: i have been sorting through some of the stuff in my studio and decided to start using up bits and pieces i have gathered or not thrown away for some reason. i decided to use some cut offs of transparencies that i seem to keep and prepared screens to print these. i... Continue Reading →
La Galerie VR: i am happy to be selected for the online exhibition around the theme of unseen. i submitted for this as it resonated with my blind spot series that i have been tinkering away on. la galerie vr have done a good job of selecting, promoting and getting this exhibition together. i would... Continue Reading →
print residency: i am just back from a wonderful week in Spain, doing a residency in a print studio where i learned hard ground etching. i didn't have any specific project in mind but brought along some images to work from in order to learn the technique. the technique of etching is a many step... Continue Reading →
day five: and so to the last day of the masterclass, which has been so freeing, inspiring and practical - what a mix. by about 12 o'clock, i decided to export my film so that i get a sense of it as a film. although there were a few things i wanted to tweak, i... Continue Reading →
day four: a practical filmmaking day. today we were asked to go out with our cameras and gather footage to work with towards making a short film. using the 'exquisite corpse' format, we were given some parameters to organise our material and make a short film - to be 5-6 mins, have 30-60 pieces of... Continue Reading →
day three: this has been probably the most intense day - again full of watching and discussion. themes and subjects: think about the themes that excite you and that you are interested in - the impetus for your future films. what do you want to address in your work? in the 'Art of Time', Tarkovsky... Continue Reading →
day two: tuesday was another day full of content and discussion. some thoughts and notes ... 20 practical disciplines: learn your craft, get to know all your camera can do, try different types of cameras, get familiar with programmes for editing, understand the projector and screen relationship. build your community to share films, experience and... Continue Reading →
Berlin: i am just back from a very creative week in Berlin, engaging with Experimental and Personal Filmmaking with Rouzbeh Rashidi and 11 other creative and fun artists. we explored experimental film and approaches to engaging with ourselves and our world through film making - theoretically and practically. the week culminated with a short film,... Continue Reading →
sequence: a little making after a bit of thinking then back to more thinking. this making is unrelated to the thinking but that's only momentarily and refreshing all the same. hang on, its all thinking and its all making.
elaine crowe 