experimental films at countertext11 to complement the Bridport Literary Festival, starting on 18th nov. Featuring Joe Stevens new film work, ‘diplopia’. About traveling with double vision. Animated landscapes with a disorienting soundtrack. Also showing ‘thunder’, a new work that uses data conversion techniques to reinterpret the sound of thunder into a moving image. Regular screening [...]
Tonight on SoundartRadio radio show, Gene Pool, I talk about my new show “south west culture conversations”. Listen live on this licensed community radio station for Totnes and surrounding villages at 7pm tonight. Or streamed live from the website: www.soundartradio.org.uk.
another great bfi extract. Filmed over a 12-month period, this study of children’s games played in London streets and playgrounds stands out for its freshness and spontaneity; it remains an important companion piece to Peter and Iona Opie’s classic studies of children’s games and rhymes. Director Leslie Daiken demonstrates considerable skill and understanding in the [...]
Filmed over a 12-month period by Leslie Daiken, this study of children’s games played in London streets and playgrounds stands out for its freshness and spontaneity, and records the bomb sites that pockmarked London and provided many urban children with a place to play. This extract captures the post-Halloween rituals of 5 November – Guy Fawkes Night – including the once familiar call of “penny for the Guy”.
