Richard Edkins
UCW Film Showcase at Cineworld, Weston
Richard Edkins
Artes Mundi 6, Cardiff - Trip
MUSIC, Industry, Film
Mark Hankins
Steve Albini talk about music distribution.
Steve Albini talk about music distribution.

Art

COLD WAR STEVE - You, Me & Cold War Steve - Exhibition - Weston super Mare 2021

YOU, ME & COLD WAR STEVE

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE PEOPLE 2021

University Centre Weston is proud to be part of this exhibition with Cold War Steve.

Come see a brand new set of 23 artworks from Cold War Steve at Loves Cafe plus University Centre Weston, Loxton Campus’s and Weston Arts Space. Monday September 20th - Sunday October 3rd 2021.

’Cold War Steve aka Christopher Spencer is an artist from Birmingham, England who specialises in surreal, satirical and hilarious collages originally made on his phone and iPad. 

Since 2016 Cold War Steve’s Twitter account has been a lifeline to many in these dark times with his following increasing by the day. Three solo exhibitions, two books with Thames & Hudson, commissions for the National Galleries of Scotland, Whitworth in Manchester, Birmingham Museum and Gallery, a giant billboard installation at Glastonbury Festival and an international TIME magazine cover have all followed.

In 2020 his jigsaw Hellscape was shortlisted for the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award and his latest book A Prat’s Progress nominated for the The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Cold War Steve also shot a feature length documentary about his work – Cold War Steve Meets The Outside World was released in October on Sky Arts.’ - https://coldwarsteve.com/bio/

Exhibition details at: http://poool.co.uk/cws-wsm

University Centre Weston creative arts degrees include:

For more details on all our course please visit: www.ucw.ac.uk

Archive fever: unlocking the storytelling potential of film archives. Workshop with Jeremy Deller

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Archives for Education are running a free Zoom workshop at 12:00 today at the BFI Future Film Festival with Turner Prize-winning artist and filmmaker Jeremy Deller on the creative re-use of archive film: https://www.bfi.org.uk/future-film-festival/events/archive-fever-unlocking-storytelling-potential-film-archives

If you miss the workshop, it will be streaming on the BFI YouTube channel afterwards. You can follow the project @makefilmhistory to stay updated with forthcoming events.

'We've been delighted to hear so many of you are using archive material from the scheme with your students during the lockdown and are very keen to hear of further films you would like to see added to the collection, so please send us your suggestions. Our archive partners are happy to consider all requests and are committed to adding more films to the project as it develops.

We'd also love to see some of the films created using archive material from the scheme. The FOCAL Awards are now open for submissions and you may be interested in submitting student work in the Short Film category: https://focalintawards.com/awards-2020/2020-production-categories/ ' Best, Shane (Archives for Education).

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Jeremy Deller is great artist and filmmaker - more about his work at:

http://poool.co.uk/jeremy-deller

UCW is member of Archives for Education - 'The Archives for Education and Make Film History projects make available over 200 films from the BFI National Archive, BBC Archive, Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive, the Irish Film Institute and the London Community Video Archive for creative reuse by young filmmakers in schools, film training and higher education across the UK and Ireland.' More details at: https://www.archivesforeducation.com/ If you wish to use this speak with Rich or Ross.

Tenaya Steed - ‘Desert Town Landings’ - BBC New Creatives - Guest Seminar

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Tenaya Steed, will be joining us for Guest Seminar on Friday 22nd January 2021 - 11am. Tenaya will be talking through the process of making her debut short film ‘Desert Town Landings’ for BBC, working with production company ‘ Calling The Shots as part of BBC’s New Creatives Programme.

http://www.tenayasteed.com/talks#/wsa/ Password: wsa

This seminar was on Zoom. Click here to watch recording

‘I am an artist and writer interested in folk art, youth culture, and everyday lives. I’m proud to have been commissioned by the likes of The British Council, BBC Arts, Action For Refugees in Lewisham, Gloucester Culture Trust, and The Watershed to work with people and communities in finding and telling unique stories in overlooked places.’

‘Desert Town Landings’
’In a South West ‘culture desert’, an unseen stranger reports on mysterious objects seen flying over town. Spied through curtains, tops of hills, train bridges: football fans rejoice through the docks, gospel music plays from the worst street in town, kebab heart-to-hearts between drunk friends. UFO invasions or untold hoaxes.’

"Desert Town Landings", the short film I worked on over the summer, with Director Tenaya Steed, was shown on BBC 4 - Monday 8th Feb at 10pm BBC4 as part of:

Creating a scene: BBC Introducing Arts - Actor, writer and producer Chizzy Akudolu presents a collection of dramatic short films from the best of new British film-makers. Reflecting modern Britain, subjects range from speed dating, the climate emergency and school friendships to spotting UFOs.

Programme link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s4q4

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/502291900

See Mood boards and pre-production at: http://www.tenayasteed.com/talks#/wsa/ Password: wsa

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GUEST SEMINAR - Dr Vanley Burke - Photographer & Artist aka ‘Godfather of Black British Photography’

We were honoured to have Dr Vanley Burke join us for an online guest seminar during UCW Open WEEK - Thursday 18th June 2020

About Vanley

Vanley Burke is often described as the ‘Godfather of Black British Photography’, whereby his iconic images have captured the evolving cultural landscape, social change, and stimulated debate in the United Kingdom over the past four decades. He draws strength from remaining a humble man of the community, whose personable character allows him to capture the intimate and private nature of people’s everyday lives.

His body of work represents possibly the largest photographic record of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain, and as an avid collector, Vanley continues to connect histories through his substantial archive housed at the Library of Birmingham. From local community organisations to the Victoria & Albert Museum and Whitechapel, Vanley has exhibited widely in the United Kingdom, and as far afield as New York, South Africa and China.

Vanley’s artistic enquiry is not simply limited to black and white documentary photography, as his eccentric rebellious nature lends itself to sculpture and painting, and crafting art that gives life a shape. His simple motivation has been the preservation of culture and history through creation, documentation, and discovery which often leaks into the private.

Watch the video of seminar below:

Links to some of works, artists and people discussed in talk

Vanley Burke's best shot: African Liberation Day in Birmingham, 1977 (Read Guardian feature)

Vanley Burke's best shot: African Liberation Day in Birmingham, 1977 (Read Guardian feature)

A section of the installation ‘5000 Miles and 70 Years’ by Vanley Burke, presented across the 1st floor window panes at Midlands Arts Centre. Photo: Carol Dixon.

A section of the installation ‘5000 Miles and 70 Years’ by Vanley Burke, presented across the 1st floor window panes at Midlands Arts Centre. Photo: Carol Dixon.

Art imitates home life … photographer Vanley Burke in the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian Playing house: why Vanley Burke moved his entire flat into a galleryThe godfather of black British photography has upped…

Art imitates home life … photographer Vanley Burke in the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian

Playing house: why Vanley Burke moved his entire flat into a gallery

The godfather of black British photography has upped sticks and recreated his flat, item by item, in a Birmingham art gallery. A dig through the mixtapes and tribal masks reveals a fascinating alternative history of black Britain

Revisiting the crime scene - A concept by Dr.Vanley Burke based on a diagram of a slave ship. In collaboration with the local community ay Sankliba Eko-Fores...

Black Lives Matter

We recognise this talk is at a time when Black Lives Matter demonstrations have raised many important issues, we have added some links and resources relating to this here

UCW Open Week

Our upcoming Virtual Open Week offers you the chance to chat with our lecturers and students, watch live tours of our fantastic facilities, check out our students’ wonderful work and take part in tasters – all from the comfort of your own home!

Theaster Gates - Sanctum - Bristol

This is well worth a look: http://sanctumbristol.com/
Until 6pm on Saturday 21st November, Sanctum hosts a continuous programme of sound over 552 hours, sustained by performers, musicians and bands in a temporary structure within the shell of Temple Church, Bristol. Sanctum is Theaster Gates' first public project in the UK, produced by Situations, as part of Bristol 2015 European Green Capital.