Things I am involved with
IN THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UFO PHENOMENONA
Thanks to Prof. Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Willson, I introduced a screening of my films nou and The Man Who Fell to Millom at the symposium In the Cloud of Unknowing: Encounters with the UFO Phenomena at Mildred’s Lane, Pensilvania, USA (17-18 July 2024). The symposium came at the end of Robert & Bryan’s…
Read MoreHow Many Electric Sheep? Yet Another Adaptation of Blade Runner (v2024)
Delighted to deliver this paper at Transitions – the 2024 SFRA conference at the University of Taru, Estonia (7-11 May 2024). Thank you to all who supported this work, including the distribution of flick books… The 2024 annual conference of the Science Fiction Research Association seeks to discuss all kinds of transitions as the thematic,…
Read MoreThe Man Who Fell to Millom Jellyfish
Here’s a link to a smashing wee reel showing my favourite bit of my film The Man Who Fell to Millom when it was part of Murky Waters, Art Walk Porty back in 2022… Cheers for posting. https://www.facebook.com/artwalkporty/posts/820835072257649/
Read MoreDrew Barrymore’s Island Hotel from Hell
A solo show of new work at Patricia Fleming Gallery 3 November – 16 December 2023. Private View: Thu, 2 Nov, 6-8pm Patricia Fleming GalleryOxford House, 4 Oxford Lane, GlasgowG5 9EP We are delighted to invite you to Drew Barrymore’s Island Hotel from Hell, a solo exhibition of new work by Jane Topping. Denim pillars frame…
Read MoreThreads…
Felt like I was 10 yrs old and getting a request played on Radio Clyde – such was my excitement to make it onto Sara Barron & Geoff Lloyd’s podcast They Like to Watch… The episode features a good chat with Sarah Phelps, my ‘contribution’ is at about 46 mins in. Be warned, the topic is…
Read MoreFiction Machines IV
Excited to be contributing to Fiction Machines IV symposium in at Bath School of Art, Film & Media on 20th July! I’ll not be performing however – that task will be passed to the alien/human hybrid nouJane. It’s about time they started pulling their weight… Loads of great sessions to look forward to and tix…
Read MoreFeminist Histories of the Future…
…happened in the past. Clearly updating this site is not a priority. I’d like (?) to tell you that’s because I’m all about the socials these days but I’m really not, as you well know. But I should tell you about this symposium to which I contributed back in May. I shared some gossipy gems…
Read MoreA Letter from Francesca Zappia
So perfectly designed I post it here as it dropped into my inbox… Last news: 🐇 Follow the rabbit in the virtual world – Jane Topping + SIX YEARS Dear friends and colleagues, Hope you had a nice summer! I am sharing some details of my recent collaboration with the art fair ART-O-RAMA in Marseille,…
Read MoreMurky Waters & Endless/Belly Film Programmes are now online
SALT (Art Walk Porty) has finished, but the two curated film programmes are now online. Watch them here. Murky Waters A programme of 7 short films curated by Rosy Naylor:Water Work (Tony Hill, 1987), Longshore Drift (Jane Watt and SE Barnet, 2022), Change Direction (Greta McMillan, 2021), B-scope (Martina O’Brien, 2019), Precarious Edge (Tamsin Grainger,…
Read MoreSold Out – Murky Waters film screening
Today at 8.30pm the Murky Waters film screening is sold out. The Man Who Fell to Millom can be viewed here.
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