Developing Audiences for Artists' Moving Image Work
Venue: The Script Factory, 66/67 Wells Street, London W1
Date: Wednesday 25 July 2007, 9.45am – 5.00pm
Do you want to screen artists' films at your venue but aren't sure how to go about it? Do you want to develop an audience for artists' moving image? Do you want to know how to source artists' films?
The Independent Cinema Office presents an essential one-day training course aimed at cinemas who want to start or develop an artists' film programme; mixed arts venues who want to integrate their cinema and gallery more comprehensively; and galleries who are interested in forging links with cinemas.
This course will include presentations and case studies, as well as the opportunity for individual consultation on your own projects and plans. You will learn foolproof strategies first-hand from recognised experts who have years of experience in audience development, curating and marketing of artists' moving image work. By the end of the day you will have identified achievable objectives for development at your own organisation.
The course will cover the following areas:
- Artists' film — what is it? The differences for distribution and exhibition
- Curating and sourcing artists' films: distributors and agencies, independent curators, rights clearance and potential funding opportunities
- How do you develop audiences for artists' moving image? What networks can you utilise to best market your programme?
- Practicalities: funding and technical issues
- Thinking differently and creatively about your audience and how to engage them
Cost:
The price for this course is £30 + VAT (£35.25) per person
Booking your place:
To book your place on this course download the application form and return it with a cheque made payable to ‘Independent Cinema Office’ by Monday 16 July 2007. Places are strictly limited and available on a first come, first served basis so early booking is strongly recommended. If you have any queries about the course, or wish to check that it is appropriate for your needs, contact George Clark or Tilly Walnes on 0207 636 7120 or email: tilly@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
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The course will be taught by a range of speakers including George Clark, Ian White and Sarah Wood.
Sarah Wood works as an artist filmmaker and film programmer. She was until recently the Artists' Moving Image Development Officer with the Independent Cinema Office and has curated for organisations including LUX, Photographer¹s Gallery, Curzon Soho, British Council Berlin and the Cambridge Film Festival. She is currently setting up Blackman Wood — a free space for culturally diverse moving image artists. Her most recent films are I Want To Be A Secretary (2006), Surrender (2005), Manifesto for Love (2003) and Living Space (commissioned by DCA, Dundee, 2003). They are in distribution with CFMDC, Toronto.
Ian White is a writer and artist and is the Adjunct Film Curator for Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. He has worked on a wide range of curatorial projects including most recently Invisible Mend (Lounge, London) in collaboration with LUX, Kinomuseum (53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen) as well as The Secret Public (Kunstverein Munich, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London). He also co-ordinated The Artists Cinema at Frieze Art Fair, London in 2005 and 2006 and writes for a range of publications including Art Review, Art Monthly and Frieze.
George Clark is the Artists' Moving Image Development Officer at the Independent Cinema Office where he has managed a wide range of touring programmes in collaboration with LUX, Frieze Projects and no.w.here. He previously curated and presented screenings at Cambridge Film Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival and Institute of Contemporary Arts among others and has written for publications including Senses of Cinema and Vertigo.
This project is funded by Arts Council England.
