Things I am into
Artist Talk – Moving Mountains Art in the Environment – Millom Palladium
Thank you to Moving Mountains artist and curator Irene Rogen, Phil of the vital Signal Film and Media, Frank (not Santa), Mary (who hung out with Norman Nicholson when she was a child!) and everyone who turned out of my talk in Millom the other week. Drinks were served and badges worn.
Read MoreJane Topping, Newspaper or (Memoirs of a Spacewoman) – A No. 35 Project – Opens 12-6pm 8th Dec. 2018
Consider yourself officially invited to Newspaper, a collaboration with Alex Hetherington – the last of his innovative No.35 projects in Stirling and a celebration of the entire series of shows, performances and films: http://alexanderhetherington.com/project/jane-topping/ More on Alex and his numerous projects here: https://fractofilm.com/SELECTION-4 Web address, developed with artist Alex Tobin, http://alexanderhetherington.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/edinburgh_film_school/ MODERN EDINBURGH…
Read MoreThe Influencing Machine – nGbK, Berlin – a peek…
Hi you, I maybe shouldn’t share these images, which are merely mocks, but I’m too excited about the incredible work going on in Berlin, towards the ngbk* show The Influencing Machine. My work www.rabbitcottontoothcottonrabbit.com will be in the show, and in the associated publication. The show is curated and made real by a working group consisting of Vladimir…
Read Morenou is a semi-finalist at the Australian Independent Film Festival 2018
Smashing to find that the AIFF has had its interest piqued by nou (2018), but can I get to Brisbane based on this, relatively flimsy, excuse..? no.
Read MoreThe Bear
Close the internet! This is my colleague R’s new housemate. I kid you not. This is The Bear. As of today, no further cats are required.
Read MorePeter & nou – new images
Shot by designer Matthew Walkerdine for his website, I’ve half inched these gorgeous new images of Peter & nou. All those ‘corrections’ in Peter – the scoring out, line by line – were drawn by me and then scanned and overlaid on the original text by Matt, and he didn’t bat an eye. Matt is,…
Read MoreHarrison – the bookmark
So, this exists. You can get one at Poundland – for a limited time before the high street leaks into an oily black sinkhole.
Read Morenou (2018)
As you may have gathered, Peter (2014) has a partner and an opposite. Here’s a link to a 2 minute clip of my new video, nou (2018): nou clip. nou (18 mins, 2018) – Inspired by Scottish socialist writer Naomi Mitchison’s Memoirs of a Spacewoman, nou is a tale of space travel, hypnosis and transformation…
Read MorePeter & nou – The book(s)
Here’s my new publication, Peter & nou. Matt and Jess at Good Press organised this and Matthew Walkerdine designed it too. It’s element heavy, with a sticker of a lab rat in a kaleidoscopic space/time traveling tunnel included for you, gratis. You’re welcome. It comprises a book called Peter (like the film Peter, 2014), a book…
Read MoreSpeculative Realism and Science Fiction by Brian Willems
I get it. I think so anyway. This book is currently changing my heed, into a marginally more understanding heed., an excited heed. Thank you Brian Willems for using the right tools for this geek. And thanks too to Rob Churm for programming a talk by Brian into the Old Hair Programme as part of…
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