Sam Francis joined us for another guest seminar, this time focussing on working as a Creative Producer and Curator. Recording of session is on Teams, see links and notes from this session below. For notes from yesterday’s Experimental Media Arts workshop go to this page
‘I am a creative producer, maker and doer now living in Weston Super Mare after 15 years in Bristol.
I am interested in engaged, live work that is not bound by a singular art form, and am currently project producer for Outlands experimental music network, a member of Supernormal Festival and arts collective Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF).
I also create things and make stuff sometimes. I like to observe and experience things through sound, image and words; snippets and moments, as a way to connect with place, space and spirit. I like working collectively and collaboratively, building and being part of communities, connecting people and responding creatively to contexts.
I am a creative producer, maker and doer now living in Weston Super Mare after 15 years in Bristol.
I am interested in engaged, live work that is not bound by a singular art form, and am currently project producer for Outlands experimental music network, a member of Supernormal Festival and arts collective Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF).
I also create things and make stuff sometimes. I like to observe and experience things through sound, image and words; snippets and moments, as a way to connect with place, space and spirit. I like working collectively and collaboratively, building and being part of communities, connecting people and responding creatively to contexts.’
Notes and Links from Session
Supernormal Festival
SUPERNORMAL is a three-day, experimental arts and music festival taking place at Braziers Park in Oxfordshire. It offers a platform for artists, performers and musicians to work collaboratively and creatively for a new kind of audience seeking experiences out of the mainstream. It is determinedly small and intimate with an audience of 1,500. It has been born from a place that values the currency of ideas and imagination, as well as the inclusivity of artists and audiences alike, rather than commercialism and profit. Read more
Trailer:
Short Film (2015) by James Hankins & Richard Edkins
BEEF - Bristol Experimental Expanded Film
Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF) is a film and sound collective supporting experimental practice in Bristol since 2015.
BEEF provides an independent platform and much needed resource for artists’ production, distribution and critical engagement, predominantly focusing on experimental and analogue practices. BEEF members collaborate and work together to organise a regular programme of events, screenings, performances, exhibitions, residencies, and film & sound workshops. Read More
Why you Shouldn't be an artist
LINKS - Weston super Mare
Weston Artspace: a studio hub and workshop space for Weston’s creative community, on the High Street.
https://www.westonartspace.com/
Culture Weston: develop inspiring cultural initiatives and events
https://cultureweston.org.uk/
Creative Meet Ups for young and emerging artists and creatives. The next one is 13 April. Book here: https://cultureweston.org.uk/listings/creative-meet-up-emerging-artists-creatives/
There will be event volunteer opportunities, and specific student opportunities.
Keep an eye out on FACEBOOK: Culture Weston / Weston Artspace.
FURTHER INFO + LINKS:
•Curating Context – Beyond the Gallery and Into Other Fields, edited by Magdalena Malm, 2017
•What Does an Art Producer Do? by Grace Bordelon
•BFI Future Film Festival film industry festival for young, emerging filmmakers
•BFI Film Academy - opportunities for young creatives aged 16 to 25:
Further Viewing:
Day in the life of a film programmer
Curator talk: curating in context - making exhibitions work
How to succeed as an artist
How to get your short screened at film festivals:
The fifth sense: making exhibitions
See more of Sam Francis’s work at: https://samfrancisco.co.uk/