The Voyage of Nonsuch
analysing how film and film archives influence our view of cultural history, social space and everyday life. The final film essay, constructed with a script composed almost entirely of citations, observes and participates in the social and political spaces of the archive. Filmed on location in the British Film Institute (BFI) Archive. Transferred 16mm film and colour digital HD, 26 minutes. A Whitstable Biennale commission.
BFI Southbank, 1 August 2011
Screening and Q&A, with film programme curated by Will Fowler
Whitstable Biennale, Kent, 19 June - 4 July 2010
Single-channel film, installation of photographs and archive material, accompanying essay by Will Fowler. Plus two events:
'Social History and Telling Tales' with local historian and film collector Tony Blake
'I'm unpacking my library, yes I am', roundtable discussion with Ben Cook, Will Fowler, Karen Mirza and Sally O'Reilly
www.whitstablebiennale.com
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, 30 October - 1 November 2008
'Master of Measurement', screening, performance and discussion
www.doggerfisher.com/exhibitions
Whitstable Biennale, 5 July 2008
Archive film screening in the Sea Cadets Hall, with excerpts drawn from Tony Blake Film Archive, British Film Institute, LUX, National Maritime Museum, Prelinger and Screen Archive South East collections.
Film still, The Voyage of Nonsuch, 2010
Whitstable Biennale 2008. Photo: Simon Steven
Whitstable Biennale 2008. Photo: Simon Steven
Whitstable Biennale 2008. Photo: Simon Steven
doggerfisher, Edinburgh. Photo: Jenny Richards
doggerfisher, Edinburgh. Photo: Ken Stott
doggerfisher, Edinburgh. Photo: Ken Stott
Supported by Arts Council England