A free screening of contemporary artist films from around the world
Saturday 8 December, 10am-5pm
Free, no need to book
Location: the Grand Hall
Morning programme: 10am-12.30pm
Afternoon programme: 1.30-4.40pm
The Whitworth is part of Artist Film International, a unique network of 17 art organisations that come together annually to each nominate an artist film from their region. Themed around the notion of ‘truth’, this year’s programme brings together recent work by artists working across animation, video and narrative film.
The day-long programme will include a lunchtime talk with artist Tom Ireland, whose work Actuality Picture / The Magic Lantern (Middle Chapter), 2009-17, was selected for Artist Film International 2018 by the Whitworth.
The full list of artists featured are:
Ørjan Amundsen selected by Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway; Rosa Barba selected by NBK, Berlin, Germany; Jok?bas ?ižikas and Robertas Narkus selected by CAC Vilnius, Lithuania; Danielle Dean selected by Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA; Patrick Hough selected by Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Jibade-Khalil Huffman selected by Ballroom Marfa, Texas, USA; Tom Ireland selected by the Whitworth, The University of Manchester, UK; Pelin Kirca selected by Istanbul Modern, Turkey; Elena Mazzi, selected by GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy; Musa Paradisiaca selected by MAAT Lisbon, Portugal; Vladimir Nikolic selected by Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia; John Skoog selected by Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden; Miko?aj Sobczak seleted by Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland; Juan Sorrentino selected by Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Yim Sui-Fong selected by Para Site, Hong Kong, China; Le Xuan Tien selected by Hanoi DOCLAB, Vietnam; Munem Wasif selected by Project 88, Mumbai, India. More about the Artist Film International
Artist Film International 2018 Programme Schedule
Morning programme: 10am-12.30pm
Jibade-Khalil Huffman
First Person Shooter, 2016?
Single channel video, 23 min
Selected by Ballroom Marfa, Texas, USA
Elena Mazzi
I’m Talking to You, 2016-18?
Single channel video, 11 min
Selected by GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy
Pelin Kirca
One Moonless Night, 2016?
Video animation, 3.25 min?
Selected by Istanbul Modern, Turkey
Mikolaj Sobczak
STAR, 2017?
Video, 7.46 min?
Selected by Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Poland
Le Xuang Tien
Untitled.mp4, 2017?
Single channel video, 15.32 min?
Selected by Hanoi DOCLAB, Hanoi, Vietnam
Short break (15 mins)
11.30am-12.30pm
Patrick Hough
And If In A Thousand Years, 2017?
HD video, sound, 21 min
Selected by Whitechapel Gallery, London
Vladimir Nikolic
There is No Landscape, 2014?
Video, 6.45 min?
Selected by Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia
Danielle Dean
True Red Ruin (Elmina Castle), 2017
Two-channel HD digital video, 9:39 min
Selected by Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
John Skoog
Shadowland, 2014
16mm transferred to 2k/HD-video, stereo sound, 15 min
Selected by Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden
Afternoon programme: 1.30-4.40pm
?1.30pm | Talk with Tom Ireland, AFI selected artist, and Poppy Bowers, Exhibition Curator
2.15-15.25pm
Tom Ireland
Actuality Picture / The Magic Lantern (chapter 5_N142291-180930 / W59999-71997), 2009-17
Digital HD video, 30 min
?Complied by the artist using material courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech?
Selected by the Whitworth, The University of Manchester, UK
Robertas Narkus and Joku?bas C?ižikas
The Race, 2015?
Single channel video, 10.03 min?
Selected by Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Juan Sorrentino
Untitled, 2015?
Single channel video, environmental sound, 8.10 min
Selected by Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Munem Wasif
Machine Matter, 2017?
Single channel, BW video, 14. 06 min
Selected by Project 88, Mumbai
Short break (15 mins)
3.40-4.40pm
Rosa Barba
Outwardly from Earth's Center, 2007?
16mm film transferred to digital, color, sound, 22 min
Selected by Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) Berlin
Ørjan Amundsen
Life is Like, 2015?
3:22 min?
Selected by Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
Yim Sui-Fong
Black Bird Island, 2017
?Single channel video, HD, sound, colour, 6.32 min
Selected by Para Site, Hong Kong, China
Musa Paradisiaca
Masters of Velocity, 2017?
16mm film transferred to HD, 4:3 colour, sound, 16.11 min
Selected by MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal
Image credit: Tom Ireland, Actuality Picture / The Magic Lantern (chapter 5_N142291-180930 / W59999-71997), 2009 – 2017, (still), Digital HD video. (Detail.)
Courtesy of the artist. Contains images courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
