Tuesday 30 April 2013

The Stove Presents: Art Shorts


Saturday 4 May at 6.00pm

The Stove Arts Collective presents a programme of short films by and about local (or local-ish) art and artists.

InBetween Dumfries: As part of a national project exploring the role of the arts in shaping the future of market towns led by The Stove in collaboration with The University of Newcastle, five artists worked in and around Dumfries during 2012 to create works that examined place, identity and belonging. This 15-minute film details the works created by Mike Inglis, Hannah Brackston, Suzanne Parry-John, Marion Preez, and Lisa Gallacher, with commentary by the artists.

Stonypath Days: Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this film by Professor Stephen Bann of Bristol University gives a rare insight into the early period of Little Sparta, the artist's garden created by Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue at Stonypath in the Pentland Hills. Accompanied by a four-minute interview with their son Alec Finlay and contemporary views of the garden commissioned in 2012 by TATE Media.

The Eskdalemuir Harmonium: A US-built harmonium is disintegrating in a farmhouse near Lockerbie. An intimate visual exploration of a much loved but decaying instrument accompanied by an interview with its current owner, this short film by sound artist and filmmaker Chris Dooks is the result of his repeated 'pilgrimages' to visit the dying device.

Booking info:
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Mill Road, Dumfries DG2 7BE -
www.rbcft.co.uk
Ticket prices £6.30 (£4.70 conc) available from Box Office (01387 264808) or on the door.


Monday 29 April 2013

The Stove Presents: Art Shorts | Saturday 4 May at 6.00pm





This Saturday night, at 6pm, The Stove Presents: Art Shorts – at Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre. 

‘A feast of artists' films, and other oddities from Dumfries & Galloway and beyond’

Fellow-Stovie, John Wallace, has kindly granted us the first proper screening of his Inbetween movie - yep, The Stove in a proper cinema showing!

Other highlights will include: Prof Stephen Bann's film about Little Sparta, Ayr artist and film-maker Chris Dooks' sound+vision piece about decaying harmoniums in Eskdalemuir and a brilliant short by Florencia Chafuen-Rigg.

We’ll be joined by many fine friends, including Nith-scoper Hannah Brackston and Marion Preez (Framing Dumfries), who are coming down for the craic. And it would be lovely to see you there for a bit of a Stovie shindig!

Booking info:
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Mill Road, Dumfries DG2 7BE -
www.rbcft.co.uk
Ticket prices £6.30 (£4.70 conc) available from Box Office (01387 264808) or on the door.