Commotion

An exciting new touring series of programmes put together by curators from the UK , Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands. The programmes are themed and explore different issues or creative genres.

You Made Me Love You
Phil Collins' the louder you scream, the faster we go was the impetus for this selection of intimate and moving portraits. The three music videos display Collins' capacity to place us between empathy and voyeurism with his customary humour. The programme explores the vulnerability of a subject in front of a camera, the potential for exploitation and duplicity. Who is looking at who? Artists include Phil Collins, Michael Curran, Frances Hegarty, Matthias Müller and Christophe Giradet and Grace Ndiritu. Curated by Claire Doherty, Director of Situations and Senior Research Fellow in Fine Art, Bristol School of Art, Media and Design.

"You Made Me Love You explores not only the pleasure of looking, but the endurance and fraglity of th objects of our gaze; the older woman as 'faded'

or humorous; the younger woman or boy as flawless, silent, desired object; the desirability of tears and the ease by which a pose, a costume or a gesture creates a victim or a perpatrator. Watching these short films, we become aware of the cinematic and photographic apparatus of betrayal."

Claire Doherty, programme curator, You Made Me Love You

Information for venues

running time: 50 min approx

formats available: DVD, BETA SP

8 page, full colour programme notes accompany the programme

price: £95.00 + VAT

(10% discount for 3 bookings of Commotion programmes or more)

Works included

Michael Curran

Disclaimer , 1993. 6 min.

Courtesy LUX, London .

Grace Ndiritu (illustrated right)

The Nightingale , 2004. 7 min.

Phil Collins

The louder you scream, the faster we go , 2005. 12 min.

Courtesy Kerlin Gallery, Dublin .

Frances Hegarty

Autoportrait #2, 2001. 4 min, 15 sec.

Matthias Müller and Christophe Girardet

#4 Why Don't You Love Me? 9 min.

#5 Bedroom , 8 min.

#6 Necrologue . 4 min.

from Phoenix Tapes , 1999.

Picture This takes bookings from galleries for touring exhibitions and installations, from cinemas and film festivals for short films and from colleges and universities for talks. For enquiries about hiring exhibitions and for a back-list of short films available please contact Beth Alden at beth@picture-this.org.uk