film
Being Connected (October 2008)
Myself and Damien Robinson led a workshop at the Science Museum as part of the mini festival' Being Connected'. We made a Video Sniffin' Movie which will be exhibited at the museum until mid November.
Requiem for Cod (September 2008)
I did a bit of camera work, sailing and editing for this short film by Graham Harwood. It will be screened at the Village Green event in Chalkwell, Essex on 27th September 2008. Link will follow.
Planet Earth (August/Sept 2008)
Specially commissioned by Boundless Festival 2008 with words: Nicola Field; music: Stuart Bowditch; video: Ady Cousins and Nicola Field; titling and post-production: Dan Thurley.Planet Earth video 7:31 mins ‘Days that open out onto one another, like rooms in a museum…’ – sensory overload and a dizzying wait for recovery: a train trip into the elusive world of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME Steam Control
The Water Table (August 2008)
Film capture and editing for The Water Table at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. A project by Metal in association with Southend Borough Council, Essex & Suffolk Water and the Arts Council England, East. Metal
Bunterhund – Corsica (August 2008)
A music video for Bunterhund featuring Billy the dog and owners Graham and Amanda and poetry by myself.> Bunterhund Myspace here
Hybernation – Sutton Hall Station (May 2008)
A video for a track from the unreleased (as yet) Hybernation album 'Per Mare Per Ecclesiam'.
Sutton Hall Station
Thank You Universe (March/April 2008)
A soundtrack for a short film called Thank You Universe, featuring a poem by Liz Bentley and commissioned by Steam Control
Bunterhund – Lexicon (March 2008)
I recently started a project with Simon Smith from Reason or Romanza. Called Bunterhund we have been working on quite a few tunes, one of which is called Lexicon
> Bunterhund Myspace here
Carousel - (February 2008)
I was recently commissioned to write the soundtrack to a short story with Damien Robinson, as part of 'Steam Control presents: Why Won't You Tell Me?' which was screened at X08: London’s 8th International Disability Film Festival at BFI on Sun 17 Feb 12:00 > Steam Control . Film
Hybernation - Nuppence (Sept - Oct 2007)
My first attempt at a music video proper for my Hybernation tune "Nuppence" > shot at home on a Panasonic DMC-TZ3 stills camera > starring TeeCee the cat >
The Duellists (March - April 2007)
I made the soundtrack for a film by David Valentine, made using the CCTV networks in Manchester Arndale shopping centre, commissioned by the Futuresonic Festival > link
A Preview of this film, including interviews with director and actors was shown on BBC NW on 12th May 2007 > This film has been shown at > Nordic Art School: 20th April 2007 Kokkola, Finland > Enter Festival 2007: 25th-29th April Cambridge > Futuresonic Festival 2007: Art for Supermarkets 10th - 20th May 2007 Manchester > Lovebytes Festvial 2007: Sheffield > Sonar 2007: 14th-16th June 2007 Barcelona > Leigh Art Trail 2007: 9th -16th June Leigh-on-Sea > Contact Theatre 3rd June 2007: Manchester > MediaShed: E2Prom 17th June 2007 Southend-on-Sea > Source Code: Eyebeam Gallery 31st May - 11th August 2007 New York >> and will be shown at > sidewalkCINEMA 30th August - 8th September 2007 Vienna, Austria (It won 3rd Prize) > Arte.MOV 15th - 18th November 2007 Belo Horizonte, Brazil >> Power & Space Conference 7th-8th December 2007 Cambridge > Surveillance Festival @ South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire link > there is now a review of the video sniffin' techniques and films on we-make-money-not-art.com > a review of the film is now on meefedia.com > There will also be a filmed interview with David Valentine and Stuart Bowditch on reelshow.tv > There is also a review on cut-up.com (German Language) > The Duellists is also part of Video Vortex in Amsterdam in the Netherlands link (Dutch / English) >
June 2008 - Dave Valentine has been doing quite a lot of interviews of late Radio 4 Radio 5 The Guardian Reuters
October 2008 – David Valentine did a piece on Danish Radio about CCTV, which features some of the soundtrack by HybernationPodcast
Video Sniffin #1 : The Commercial
A short film made by hacking into the wireless CCTV networks around Southend-on-Sea. I also made the soundtrack.
More info here The commercial will now be screened a the Cultural Typhoon Exhibition in Sendai, Japan 27-29th June 2008. Thanks to Hitoshi Tanaka.