Curating Artists' Moving Image
Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS
Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 10.00am – 4.45pm
The Independent Cinema Office presents an essential one–day training course exploring issues related to curating artists film and video aimed at; cinemas, galleries, art centres and festivals who want to start or develop an artists' film and video programme.
This course will include presentationsm case studies and discussions on the many practical and conceptual issues involved in curating artists’ film and video as well as information on key organisations and how to work with them . You will learn foolproof strategies first–hand from recognised experts who have years of experience in curating, programming 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:
- Introduction to key artists' film and video distributors and how to work with them
- Approaches to curating artists film and video - what is involved?
- Sourcing work and clearing rights: distributors, agencies and galleries
- Managing technical issues and different formats
- Working with artists and independent curators
Cost:
£30 + VAT (£35.25) per course or a discounted rate of £50 + VAT (£58.75) for both days
Booking your place:
To book your place, download a registration form and return it with a cheque made payable to ‘Independent Cinema Office’ by Friday 25 April. We are unable to accept credit cards but can raise an invoice upon request. 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
This project is funded by Arts Council England.
Course Tutors
The course will be taught by a range of speakers including; George Clark and Mike Sperlinger.
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. The latest project Essentials: The Secret Masterpieces of Cinema launced at Tate Modern in January 2008. He's curated and presented screenings at Cambridge Film Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival and Institute of Contemporary Arts among other venues and written widely for publications including Art Monthly, Senses of Cinema and Vertigo. He is currently putting the finnishing touches to the website Curatorial Resource For Artists' Moving Image, that explores many aspects of showing artists' film and video though a series of resources, case studies and interviews with leading curators.
Mike Sperlinger is Assistant Director of LUX, London. As a freelance writer he has contributed to publications including frieze, Art Monthly and Radical Philosophy, and is the editor of two books: Afterthought, new writing on conceptual art (Rachmaninoffs, 2005) and Kinomuseum: Towards an Artists' Cinema (Walther Koenig, 2008). In 2006/7 he was a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. He is currently editing an anthology of writing on artists' moving image for LUX.
This project is funded by Arts Council England.
With thanks to Arts Council South East.
