A Poetic Primer, A Poetic Measurement: Ripples on the Pond

Popped into this event at GoMA last Saturday. It’s the kick off for the next group show there Ripples on the Pond, which will be excellent, starring as it does loads of rarely seen works on paper and film, all by women, from the collection. Including a few pieces of mine. The show opens at…

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Rugs and letters – Lotte Gertz

Yellow stage with woman breathing life 2013 Acrylic & watercolour on Russian linen 76 x 88 cms / 29 7/8 x 34 5/8 ins

Make sure you get along to Lotte Gertz’ new exhibition at the Glasgow Project Room this week. No images of it emerging yet, so here’s one from 2013, to whet your appetite. On until Saturday 28th March.

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Film Studies for Free

Brokeback Mountain Studies: Through the Queer Longing Glass, 2011, Catherine Grant

Take a look at Dr. Catherine Grant’s Film Studies for Free site here. A fantastic online resource of film-related texts, lectures and of course short film essays.

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GSSF Symposium 2015: Short Film (and) Criticism

Transformers: The Premake, Kevin B Lee

Spent Saturday at the Glasgow Short Film Festival Symposium at the CCA. Excellent contributions from Isla Leaver-Yap (on curation as criticism) and Catherine Grant & Kevin B Lee (on the video essay). Here’s the full programme: Glasgow Short Film Festival and University of Glasgow School of Culture & Creative Arts in association with University of Edinburgh:…

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