Wednesday 8 January 2025, 7.30pm
Lynn Loo
Rie Nakajima
Illia & Laura Rogatchevski (Mute Frequencies)
Miranda Penell
Jenny Baines
Andrew Vallance
Jack Dove
Liz Hanks
Ben Kreukniet & Steven McInerney (Psyche Tropes)
Lynn Loo is originally from Singapore and currently based in London. Loo made a transition from a music background to filmmaking in 1997. She studied film and video at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and film archiving in University of East Anglia. A way to describe her films is that they are compositions of images and sound that suggest narratives or convey an event without text or words. Unfinished Symphony (2001, 16mm) and Floating (2004, super-8) are examples of that. In 2004, She was introduced to films made from makers involved in the London Filmmakers’ Co-op. Works specifically from the 70s. This has influenced her present work where the exploration of filmmaking has moved to an investigation of the celluloid and presenting works in a performance element with multiple projectors. Her first film from this is ‘0’ (2004, 16mm), followed by Vowels (2005, 2x 16mm). Letterforms printed onto strips of film that would also produce the soundtrack. Vowels is expanded to Vowels and Consonants in collaboration with Guy Sherwin. Her most recent work is a 2x 16mm projection performance piece, Washi #2 (2014). Since 2005, She has been collaborating with Sherwin in numerous film performances and projects. Her films have been included in numerous international festivals and galleries. Some of her works are in the collection of Asian Film Archive in Singapore and recently in He Xiangning Art Museum in China. She supports herself working as a Conservation Specialist at BFI National Film and Television Archive in UK
Rie Nakajima is a sculptor living in London. She has been working on creating installations and performances by responding to physical characters of spaces using combination of motorised devices and found objects. Fusing sculpture and sound, her artistic practice is open to chance and the influence of others. She has exhibited and performed worldwide. She has collaborated with Ikon Gallery(Birmingham), Museo Vostell Malpartida (Cáceres), Tate Modern (London), Serralves Museum (Porto), ShugoArts (Tokyo), Hara Museum (Tokyo) and many others. Her frequent collaborators includes David Cunningham, Keiko Yamamoto, Pierre Berthet, David Toop, Haruko Nakajima and Akira Sakata.
Miranda Pennell is a London-based artist, filmmaker and teacher whose films often rework images from British colonial archives to reflect on contemporary situations. Her work emphasises the role of the imagination in the interpretation of historical documents. Her award-winning films have screened at New York Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, FID Marseille, Viennale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, London International Film Festival among others.
Mute Frequencies is the sound art project of Ilia Rogatchevski and Laura Rogatchevskaia, both former members of the London post-punk band Sebastian Melmoth. The duo work within the intersections of sound, performance and visual media. They have installed work at various London galleries and performed at festivals including Radio Revolten, Supernormal and Open House.
Jenny Baines is an artist whose practice explores the relationship between the body, screen and space. Working predominantly with 16mm film, she performs repeated often absurd actions for the camera, pushing the limitations of her own physical endurance.
Jack Dove is a musician and electronics engineer with a background in collective organising. He is currently exploring the interaction between sound and light, and building self-devised light-sensitive instruments.
His debut album, Music for Fireworks, came out last year on Loose Trax.
Recent live performances include Atonal Berlin.
Liz Hanks is a cellist, composer and collaborator based in Sheffield. She has worked with a varied array of high-profile artists including performing and recording with Richard Hawley, Liam Gallagher, Self Esteem, Martin Simpson, Pulp, Thea Gilmore, Cara Dillon, Jason Singh and Jasdeep Singh Degun.
Andrew Vallance is the MA Film Practice Award Leader and Associate Professor at Arts University Bournemouth. He studied his Master's and PhD at the Royal College of Art. His thesis considered film and memory. He is also an artist, curator and writer.