Saturday 7th November
18.30: Pleasing Ourselves: Artisan Films in Scotland: Artisan Films in Scotland

On Returning , Matt Hulse, 1990

Responding to the Dean Gallery’s current exhibition ‘Running Time’ this programme features filmmakers either based or regularly working in Scotland whose work traverses the self-defined boundaries of both commercial film and visual art.  Though variously referred to as experimental, avant-garde, underground or amateur these filmmakers resist easy categorisation.  They are practitioners trained in and dedicated to cinematic form, more akin to craftspeople or artisans than to visual artists.

Curated by The Magic Lantern, Scotland’s premiere short film exhibitor.

Portrait of Ga, Margaret Tait, UK, 1952, 4 mins, 16mm

Petrol, Enrico Cocozza, UK, 1957, 2mins30, 16mm

Ah, Liberty!, Ben Rivers, UK, 2006, 19 min, 16mm

7 Primary School Spaces, Ben Ewart-Dean, UK, 2008, 12 min, DVD

Faces, Eddie McConnell, UK, 1959, 15min, 16mm

Move Mood, Sarah Tripp, UK, 2009, 8min, DVD

On Returning , Matt Hulse, UK, (1990, 21 min, DVD)

Garden Pieces, Margaret Tait, UK, 1998, 12 mins, 16mm