Michael Szpakowski
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Works in Harlow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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VisitorsStudio wins the Grand Prize - netarts.org 2009


I have quite a strong connection with Furtherfield ( although none with VS, except as a great admirer of it and also having made a little film about it some time ago) so first I declare an interest.
I was little disappointed that this item didn't get picked up by Rhizome staff and front paged.
I would have thought Furtherfield had been around long enough and had a significant enough track record that news of this very well deserved award ( I don't think there is anything quite like Visitors Studio elsewhere. It's the combination of ease of use, its networked nature and the potential also to create really sophisticated work that makes it so potent and sometimes quite addictive) would have been of interest to the wider audience that is reached from the "official" Rhizome posts..

I've always made my enormous admiration for both Rhizome and Furtherfield very clear -it seems to me that, although the organisational styles are very different, they address, with great effect, similar sorts of work but in a complementary way. Certainly when I teach they are the very first two places I point students to. It seems to me a success for one helps to firm up the terrain for both organisations and for all of us working in the field. It isn't as if the work they both address was so accepted that we don't need to underline and celebrate successes...
michael

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Excavated Tree (2009) - Katie Holten


No grand concept; just pointing a camera at my cherry tree, a lot. But, seeing as we're on the subject:

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2007/04/22#post152

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2007/10/30#post179

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2007/12/01#post190

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2008/03/22#post216

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2008/03/23#post217

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2008/03/24#post218

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2008/04/26#post227

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2008/10/16#post278

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/02/22#post300

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/03/28#post305

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/03/31#post306

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/04/08#post309

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/04/12#post310

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/04/24#post312

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/07/29#post335

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/08/01#post336

http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2009/09/10#post348

No trees were harmed in the making of these movies.


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forwarded call


Call for Submissions:

Short Shorts

Very Brief Artist Films

Artists and filmmakers - we want your moving image micro-masterpieces
for inclusion in a showreel to be screened in the window of 42 New
Briggate Gallery, Leeds.
Recent statistics suggest that the average time gallery visitors spend
with artworks is 7 seconds, moving up to a whopping 30 seconds for
film and video work. Accordingly we will be accepting submissions of
video pieces between 7 and 30 seconds long for consideration. There is
no restriction on style or form, only duration!
42 New Briggate is located in Leeds City Centre next to The Grand,
with plenty of footfall. The projection will be viewable in the window
from dusk until dawn each day 3rd December - 27thFebruary. Submissions
should not contain material that may be considered offensive. There
will be no provision for audio so silent works only please.

The showreel will be launched as part of Art in Unusual Spaces, a
scheme that endeavors to utilise empty spaces for creative and
cultural activity, on 3rd December. Art in Unusual Spaces is supported
by Leeds City Council’s Art and Regeneration and Public Art teams.

How to Submit

Films must be submitted in a digital format either by post to
Yvonne Carmichael, Short Shorts, The Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds,
LS1 3AD
or by email to carmichael_yvonne@ yahoo.co.uk.
Please include the following information with your submission
Name:
Title of Work:
Duration:
Contact email address and telephone number:
A one-line description of your film (optional):

Submission deadline is Friday 27thNovember. Unfortunately there are no
fees available to pay artists. We will confirm that we have received
applications by email. It is not possible to give feedback to
applicants whose films are not selected for the showreel. If you would
like your film to be returned please enclose a self addressed
envelope.

To view an archive of activity which happened in 42 New Briggate
Gallery between October 2006 until December 2008 please visit:
www.42newbriggate.co.uk


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