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No Maps for These Territories
I have the creeping suspicion that I should be doing something other than watching No Maps for These Territories on…
F for Fake
Watch Orson Welles’ film essay F for Fake here. A documentary of forgery, biography and a small monkey.
Oscillate: Metamodernism & the Humanities
Did I mention that I had popped along to this great wee conference at the University of Strathclyde (16/09/14)? Interesting…
Christina Ramberg
Retracing some steps this morning, I remembered a fantastic show of Christina Ramberg’s work at 42 Carlton Place – an…
Born in Flames
Watch Lizzie Borden‘s 1983 fictional documentary Born in Flames. Feminist pirate radio and the unfulfilled promise of a peaceful socialist…
Embassy X
Nipped in to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Embassy in Edinburgh on Friday. Read a teeny bit more here.…
PlayTime
The reissue of Tati’s PlayTime at GFT 1 last Tuesday was a treat for 2 generations of Toppings. Watch the…
Kittens, Inspired by Kittens – and Hollis Frampton
Ok. This is not the place to post cute cat videos, I know, I know. But Kittens, Inspired by Kittens…
Eighty Circles through Canada (the last possessions of an Orcadian mountain man)
After giving a talk to Willie Nelson’s Visual Arts Studio at Tramway today, I popped in to see another Nelson. “Mike…
My Wife! My Family!
Chuckling along to Avaryl Halley’s Harrison Ford compilation this morning. Watch it here.
Prison Game – Neil Bickerton
Thinking about how new versions of an original film might be made, somehow, to add up to a Choose Your…
It’s Not Exactly a Real Love Scene, Really
A wee sketch of a film I made today. Watch it here.
John Waters: This Filthy World Vol. 2
Easily the naughtiest event of the weekend was John Waters’ new stand up show. John was resplendent in his new…
Haris Epaminonda – Chronicles
Also as part of Tramway Artists’ Moving Image Festival last night was a new performance by Haris Epaminonda with Kelly Jayne Jones…
news and booze
Thoroughly loved Sophie and Clare’s new performance at Tramway last night. news and booze, a little like Fags, Mags and…
Let’s Not Talk About Money
If you have 4 minutes to spare, take a look my new short film Let’s Not Talk About Money
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Thanks to Lorna MacIntyre, I’m hunkered down in the studio, watching Thom Andersen’s 2003 video essay on his home town.…
Daily Inspiration
Speeding by Cockforest
Pieter Bruegel, a low level obsession continues
I’ve long used Bruegel in my work and been fascinated by the uses others make of his imagery. Tarkovsky as…
Vicki and Alex, Like the Clouds
Here are a few screenshots from a film I’ve just finished, Vicki and Alex, Like the Clouds. Ostensibly it’s about…
“You’re studying that reality…We’ll act again”
It was a beautiful day for hanging out at Queens Park Railway Club with Patrick Jameson. Michael White’s hilarious show…
Death 24 x A Second
Laura Mulvey’s Death 24 x A Second (2006) has got me hooked at the moment. Buy it here. Read an…
Mirage Men
In the mood for a good ol’ conspiricy? Then you can’t beat Mirage Men by John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning & Kypros Kyprianou.…
Death Watch
Another Scottish dystopian journey for me this weekend. Seek out Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 Death Watch, filmed mostly in Glasgow, and reach…
Hamlet at the Citz
A more twitchy, jumpy or paranoid Hamlet I’ve yet to see. Dominic Hill directed an almost unlovable Brian Ferguson as Hamlet,…
Artists’ Moving Image at the BBC
I managed to miss both the Glasgow and the London screenings of these new films. All made with exclusive access…
Raydale Dower at Tramway
Heard with my ears – last night. From the Tramway website: Raydale Dower works with a combination of objects, performance…
Dinosaur Expert I’m Feeling Lucky
You have got to go see Gregor Wright’s show at the CCA. I loved his GI show and this one…
The Woman Who Fell to Scotland
Am I the last person to finally watch Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin? I thoroughly recommend. Watch the trailer here…
Turner Prize 2014
What a treat to go to the Turner Prize opening on Monday. Ciara and Duncan’s work looked fantastic and what…
Trisha Donnelly
Loved this at The Serpentine at the weekend. Take a look at her online film here too. Trisha Donnelly, Serpentine…
Emmanuel Carrère
Here’s a link to a wee piece on Emmanuel Carrère in the Guardian the other day. His book I am Alive…
Peter now screening at Institut Finlandais – 5pm today
A change of venue for Peter’s Premiere to the Institut Finlandais. Here’s some info about the festival for you: International…
Hito Steyeri – Lovely Andrea
Clare Stephenson recommended this 2007 film by Hito Steyeri, made for Documenta 12. And she was right to. Lovely Andrea…
Headlong’s 1984
Forgot to mention that I witnessed this at the Citz last week. 2 hours straight through, folk walking out and…
Peter screening at Studio des Ursulines 20/09/14
Studio des Ursulines is a legendary Paris film theater, and one of the oldest to be still running, opened on January…
Peter and Muerte en Arizona
Peter will screen at 5pm, Saturday 20th September at Studio des Ursulines, Paris. Very excited to be showing along side…
The 12th International Festival Signes de Nuit
My film Peter will be part of the 12th International Festival Signes de Nuit film festival taking place in Paris next…
Infinity Kisses – The Movie
Just been revisiting this 2008 film by Carolee Schneemann (and Cluny & Vesper). Featuring ‘the expressive self-determination of the ardent…
One from the Vault
Just found this image of Rebecca Mellor’s work I cant go on, I’ll go on; Like I said I would from…
How do YOU pronounce Behemoth?
It’s a first for me; reading a book recommended by a T-shirt of Gregor Wright’s. Or rather, reading a book…
Room 237
Just re-watched this mesmerising 2012 documentary directed by Rodney Ascher. You can see it all on YouTube, but why not…
Making Eyes
The installation of Douglas’ work at GoMA for Generation is a real treat. Includes almost everything so of course, Making…
No Other Possibility
Ahhhh, my new favourite thing, Negativland. So this is my new favourite film. Made in ’89. I don’t have favourite…
Outer Space
A short film by Peter Tscherkassky that I’m watching on repeat. Outer Space
Are you LOCATIONALIZED
Running into Tom O’Sullivan on Friday reminded me how much I’m into Tatham and O’Sullivan’s new work for Generation. It’s…
Internet Curtains
Exciting to have Pollard back up in Glasgow, however briefly and to see new work by him, Iain Hetherington and…
Sonic Outlaws
I’m consuming this film by Craig Baldwin. It starts with the knotty issue of copyright, as valiantly exploited by Negativland.…
Further Rigour Urgently Required
Thought you might enjoy this scathing review of my GoMA show in 2005 that I’ve just found online. I used…
A little early…
…and so still too light for a good view of PULSE. But I did get a wave. PULSE is a…
Repeat. And Again.
The Women: 8 Films looked fantastic on a big screen. So great to get it out & about, seen in…
Danny Saunders…
…played a solo set, with the help of Laurel and Hardy. Though Danny is a better mover. And he sang…
Ace City Racers…
…were excellent at The Poetry Club last night, launching their new single into the world. And they very graciously agreed…
Come closer…
… and appreciate the craftsmanship. Not mine of course. Paul Hughes printed the shirt and a right pain in the…
Pulse – Picture Window 26 July – 3 August
Picture Window are showing loads of films and other artworks, including one of my films, as part of GENERATION. It’s…
Teeth
Have a look at this super-short new video I’ve made, called Teeth…
Discordia T-shirt
Here I am, nestled between Danny Saunders and Michael Fullerton. Buy yours now, direct from Patricia Fleming Projects. Further ‘colourways’…
Meaning Inc.
Michael Fullerton’s show at the Glasgow Print Studio is a cracker: Meaning Inc.
Lorna Macintyre: Four Paper Fugues
You have to go see this. Start at the boathouse and rise in a dream to the conservatory… Four Paper…
k0nch is awesome
I helped with this piece, but have a look at all of k0nch’s work while you’re at it. He’s particularly…
‘I began to wonder how on earth you do something like this.’
Here’s a wee piece on DFW by Colin Barrett in today’s Guardian: My Hero
The Ugly Construction of Beauty
Here’s a paper that I delivered (remotely) at: MOD ART 13 MODERN ART CONFERENCE on Beauty and Ugliness, 25th to…
The Luck of Edenhall
My contribution to this group exhibition’s publication, 2014. Curated by Linda Fitzgerald. In 1989, when we were both 17 and…
The Nabokov Paper
My contribution to The Nabokov Paper book, by Kate Briggs and Lucrezia Russo. Published by information as material. 36Q (6)BLEAK…
Discordia
I’ve designed a t-shirt. It looks a bit like a totalitarian PE Kit. Is there any other kind? See it here:…
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