Without Boundaries 2001

Following the success of the Without Boundaries at Brief Encounters in 2000 Picture This was invited to programme an artist’s film strand again. The programmes celebrate significant British artists and introduce audiences to alternative ways of making short films.

Cordelia Swann Retrospective
Swann’s films are investigations of authentic memories, real places and events constructed from either beautifully composed images or clips from Hollywood movies. In many works the emotionally diverse landscapes of London, the American West, Manhattan and Las Vegas are combined with starkly contrasting poignant narration. The screening comprised The Citadel, Out West, Desert Rose and Back East. Followed by Cordelia Swann in conversation with Gary Thomas, Visual Arts Officer (Artist’s Film and Video), Arts Council of England.

Jayne Parker Retrospective
There are two major strands in Parker’s work: the expressive and sensual quality of musical composition/performance and the representation of the body. AL Rees described Parker’s film as ‘pure, lucid and direct’ in a publication on the artist as filmmaker. The screening comprised RX Recipe, The Pool, Cold Jazz, Whirlpool, Foxfire Eins and Reprise. Followed by Jayne Parker in conversation with AL Rees, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art, London.

One + One = Gilbert & George, Wood & Harrison, Lansley & Bendon
One + One explores the nature of collaborative practice through the screening of three bodies of work by artistic duos. Each of the partnerships collaborates to both perform and direct cleverly constructed and sometimes humorous temporal worlds. Followed by Wood & Harrison and Lansley & Bendon in a discussion chaired by Heidi Reitmaier, Eyestorm.

Exhibition:
Cordelia Swann Retrospective: 15 November 2001, Arnolfini
Jayne Parker Retrospective: 17 November 2001, Watershed
One + One = Gilbert & George, Wood & Harrison, Lansley & Bendon: 18 November 2001, Arnolfini