Things I am involved with
Eggs and Aliens
You’d never know it, but…there has been action. Trapped in Glasgow by snow, I hastily re-wrote my contribution to this sold-out event The Curios Society at the Whitechapel (Saturday 3rd March, 3pm, Whitechapel), so that Eggs and Aliens was delivered by ‘Fiona’, the ‘Scottish’ digital Word voice, who, when slowed down as far as she…
Read More“The best Blade Runner sequel is Peter by Jane Topping.” Matt M. Lloyd
I thought I was done and dusted with Facebook, and then Matt, director of the Glasgow Short Film Festival, posts this smashing endorsement of Peter. I’m hoping my new video, working title Peter 2049 of course, will turn out to be the best Blade Runner sequel sequel. Thanks Matt! http://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-short-film-festival
Read MorePicnic at Tornado Sands, Arcade East, 23rd Sept. 2017
I’m chuffed to be showing John (2016) in great company as part of Picnic at Tornado Sands, Arcade East, London, opening a week today. Curated by Caroline Stevenson, I’m showing alongside Katy Dove, which is a particular honour. I even got to curate in a couple of tunes: Adagio un poco mosso from Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5…
Read MoreHospitalfield – on a Sunday morning…
Hospitalfield – there’s something happening here…
Shoulder to Shoulder – FIELDWORK International Summer School co-programmed with Cicely Farrer and Gordon Douglas Harp Celebration Day to mark the return of the newly renovated Erard Grecian Harp including talks and performances by scholar Simon Chadwick and harpist Sharron Griffiths. Sculptural commission for the Picture Gallery by artist Simon Bedwell – Society. Scones.
Read MoreSome Press about Peter
Three mentions of Peter, and some ‘professor’… ITV News, 2 June 2017 at 6:00pm and Outer Places 12 June 2017 and not forgetting Cumbrian Crack (really) 26 May 2017
Read MorePeter wins Best PKD Short Film at the 5th Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival 2017
Thank you to Dan Abella, the PKD crew and to all the filmmakers I met this week. A superb festival… I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. No really, at one point I was surrounded by alien abductees… Here’s a Facebook thang. Now, how to wear those laurels..?
Read MorePeter in The 5th Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival…update…
The full programme has been announced, and it looks fascinating… Peter screening details are: Monday, May 29, 2017, The Producers Club, THE COURTHOUSE THEATRE, 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. Full Programme here.
Read MorePeter in the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival 2017
Peter will screen as part of the 5th Philip K. Dick Film Festival in New York this May. Get in! The exact programme to follow…
Read MoreHospitalfield Summer Residency 2017
I’m incredibly excited to be taking up the Hospitalfield Summer Residency 2017. Incredible artists to hang out with, in ludicrously glorious environs. There’s a fernery. There’s a chef. It’s possible to eat the greatest cheese toastie on earth on the dunes, visit a sinkhole close to a cock in a forest and lounge on a chaise…
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