Archive for November 2016
Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley
Enjoyed this film last night. The family are so literate and handsome, it makes it even more tricky to identify the acting from reality. Sweet, touching – does exactly what it aims to – and is a far greater undertaking than one might guess at the outset. Watch the trailer for Stories We Tell here.
Read MoreRob Kennedy – Play Dis
Dying to get to see Rob’s show (screening & discussion at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh) – at Talbot Rice – not least because we appear to have had recent thoughts of latex glove manufacturing in common… Play Dis info here.
Read MoreBruce McLean does the Friday Event
I’m so often not gatecrashing a GSA@GFT Friday Event, that when I do it’s like being a student again, except a really unfashionable and guileless one – with boring hair. Bruce bumbled along, his tales of meeting beautiful, mysterious & wise women at the art school reminiscent of Alasdair Gray’s and every other guy of progressing years who…
Read MoreAhhhh, the past is another country
And here are two flyers proving just that. Originally made of paper/card=trees, for shows I was in in 1999. Thank you Glasgow Project Room.
Read MoreWords – in pictures
Here’s what I’ve been reading, in no particular order.
Read MoreFOMO#3
Eye Eye, a gif of mine will be part of FOMO: a night that brings together electronic music, short film and performance art. Cheers Erika and FOMOs. FOMO#3, The Dancehall at the Rum Shack, Glasgow, 25th November 2016.
Read MoreScreen Used on F’Bk
Take a look at some details & the Press Release right here.
Read MoreScreen Used…
…opens tonight at Patricia Fleming Projects… Here is what you can expect…
Read MoreScreen Used – Opens 6-8pm Sat. 19th November at Patricia Fleming Projects
Michael Snow interviewed in 1983
Snow’s mellow tones are perfect for a Sunday morning. Watch this interview that Channel 4 made and broadcast in 1983. Impossible to imagine telly being this thoughtful and slow again. Watch Snow stuff, like Wavelength (1967) and his 2003 version WVLNT (Wavelength For Those Who Don’t Have the Time). “Why is it so long?” “It’s only…
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