sketchfu

Osman Ahmed did an MA in Drawing at Camberwell. He is currently a Phd. student at Wimbledon. The Imperial War Museum showed his drawings in 2008. I mentioned in the Animation Salon that he is now working on a series of animated drawings on sketchfu. It's a very easy free way to animate drawing. Osman says you can turn them into a DVD....


http://sketchfu.com/profile/osman

Opportunities: STUDIO VOLTAIRE | RESIDENCY IN ROME | CALL FOR FILM AND VIDEO

These look good! Frances x

Studio Voltaire Open Submission Exhibition

This year Selected by:
Jennifer Higgie - Frieze Magazine
Rebecca Warren - Artist
Application Deadline - 9 Jan 2010
Provisional show dates - 25 Feb - 27 Mar 2010
Application forms can be found at:
http://studiovoltaire.org/artist-mem.htm
The exhibition is open to ALL artists working in any medium, who are associate members. Applicants can become an associate member at time of application.

Studio Voltaire
1a Nelson's Row
London SW4 7JR

www.studiovoltaire.org
0207 622 1294
Contact: tamsin@studiovoltaire.org

Residency in Rome
THE DEREK HILL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
This Scholarship aims to encourage artists for whom the use of paint and/or drawing is important to the development of their work.

It is a three-month residency (October to December 2010), tenable at the British School at Rome. It offers a grant of c. £950 per month, and board and accommodation in a residential studio.
For further information and an application form, see the Fine Arts Awards page on:
www.bsr.ac.uk
Or e-mail: bsr@britac.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 15 December 2009

Call for artists film and video works [deadline: 30.03.10]
Marmalade Publishers of Visual Theory, would like to invite artist film makers to submit works for publication in our 2010 artists film and video DVD series.

Every year we publish a series of films, selected through a process of invited and open submission. Each DVD includes one film only and is accompanied by a specially filmed interview with the artist. Also next year all published works will be individually screened at the IMT gallery, London and will be available to buy at the BFI Filmstore, London, ICA, London, Koenig Books, London, Close-up, London, IMT Gallery, London, Bookartbookshop, London, Pro qm, Berlin and Konst-ig, Stockholm or by order from our website.

Please send film or video works on PAL or NTSC DVD for consideration to: Marmalade Publishers of Visual Theory, Studio 4, 21 London Fields Eastside, London E8 3SA, United Kingdom.
marmalade@inter.uk.com www.filmarmalade.co.uk

Film - Thursday 3rd Dec, The Studio, 4pm

You, the Living: A Swedish black comedy film written and directed by Roy Andersson

The film is an exploration on the "grandeur of existence," centered around the lives of an overweight woman, a disgruntled psychiatrist, a heart broken groupie, a carpenter, a business consultant, an elementary school teacher with emotional issues and her rug selling husband, among others. The cast is non-professional and alienating techniques such as presenting the characters in grim make-up and having them talk directly to the camera are extensively used.

Shot in an unconventional manner, it consists of a fluent succession of exactly 50 short sketches, most of them with a tragicomic undertone. Most of the sets were meticulous created and the shooting took three years to finish.

A fantasticly absurd and surreal film, i think you would find it hard not to laugh

-Robin

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR VIDEO: 7a*11d INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL

Of interest? F
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INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR VIDEO: 7a*11d INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL

8th International Festival in Toronto, presented by the 7a*11d collective
October 21 – 31, 2010

www.7a-11d.ca

Direct to Documentation: d2d
D2D = Direct to Documentation: a program of performance documentation or performance for camera. Can't come to the Festival? We still want to see your work! Send us a tape, CD or DVD [five minutes or less] of your performance documentation or performance for camera. Selected works will be curated into a screening program. Artist fees will be paid to those selected for screening.

Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2010.

Return of materials: If you wish your materials to be returned, you MUST include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of your documentation. Please ensure that postage is adequate. Materials will be returned by June 2010.

Art Gig in Brighton after Xmas party 18th Dec?

at Fabrica Gallery: Brighton

Grey Area presents a one-off art-gig bringing together five artists who use music performance as an integral component of their practice. Staged in front of the altar of a deconsecrated Church, now Fabrica gallery, 1-2-3-4 features a diverse billing of inter-disciplinarians who both play and display .

Hi
It's the Xmas party on 18th Dec at WCA, 4.30-6.30PM, and after, at 6ish, I'm heading back to Brighton, to go to an art-music gig with a friend, at Fabrica Gallery, (nr the South Lanes, 15 minute walk down from Brighton station). If you'd like to go to this event; tickets need to be pre-booked (see blue link).
Jackie j.raybone2@wimbledon.arts.ac.uk

1-2-3-4
Artists:
Martin Creed
The Apathy Band (Bob & Roberta Smith , George Barker, Victor Mount, Leonardo Ulian)
The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim aka David Blandy
The Coolness
Plastique Fantastique

Date: Friday 18 th December 2009
Time: 7.00pm-11.00pm
Location: Fabrica, 40 Duke St, Brighton, BN11AG
Tickets: £6.50 in advance
available from Grey Area, Fabrica, and online at http://www.amiando.com/1234artgig

JILL MAGID Authority to Remove - Tate Modern (level 2)

This is a great show!
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/jillmagid/default.shtm

The secret itself is much more beautiful than its revelation.' Jill Magid, The Report for the AIVD on the Subject of its Face.



Frances

Want to get some lecturing experience?

Hi, I'm Martin (2nd year PT).

I work PT for UCA (www.ucreative.ac.uk) at the Maidstone campus teaching on the Foundation and Adult Access course.

I've spoken to couple of you about coming down and gaining some work experience. Andrew and Joel are going to come down on Weds 9th December to give a short talk about their work followed by Q&A (in the lecture theatre) and then do some tutorials (studio). I can open up the opportunity to a couple more MA students, with a preference for non-painters (just for variety). This is an especially good opportunity for Video Artists as it will give you a rare chance to screen your work and get some feedback outside Wimbledon.

If you're interested can you email me? I'm m.lang3@wimbledon.ac.uk. Feel free to ask any questions but if you're sure you want to do it you should tell me 3 interesting things about yourself and 5 achievements as an artist (I'll use this for a poster and an introduction on the day).

Here's the deal....

PAY: It's unpaid

STUDENTS: I expect there will be an audience of no more than 45 students, 16 ACCESS and about 27 Foundation (Fine Art specialism). It could be up to 150 if all the Foundation students come (they don't normally come in on a Wednesday though).

TRAVEL: Maidstone East train station is 1 hour from Victoria, direct. If you catch the 07:49am train you will arrive at 08:51. I will pick you up (up to 4 people) and drive you to the college which is not near Maidstone East. I will also drive you back to the station. A return ticket will cost you about £32. If you haven't get a 16-25 "Young Persons" railcard yet I'd get one. I'm 30 but you can get the college to stamp it to say you're a mature student. It costs £20 per annum and gives you 1/3 off most journeys i.e. you'd save c£10 on this trip alone.

It is also possible to get trains to Maidstone East from Cannon St, London Bridge, Waterloo East, and others but you'd need to check yourselves. You could get a train to Maidstone West and walk to the college but there are no direct trains so you'd need to change and that would add 20mins onto you journey, plus the walk.

Martin