I am so happy to be back at my Cumbrian outpost. This coming weekend I am joined by a group of creative people who bring their talent and ideas to work on something that requires “not knowing”. It’s a brave state of mind to be in and marks the beginning of several new pieces of work we will create inspired …
Copying, Confessing, Compromising and Neil Young
I want to tell you about “Tree Fall”. I made this little film almost directly after the clearing up that followed the floods in Cumbria in 2015. It follows the dismemberment of a tree that had fallen into the River Bela that runs through Heron Corn Mill where I work at the moment. I became entranced by the image of …
Mill Mechanics: cul-de-sacs, avenues and the baking of bread
I made the film Tree Fall which I tried out on Audrey Steeley (Manager at Heron Corn Mill), Nell Dale (Visual Artist) and my students (Manchester University Devising Module). You may be able to view it here soon. The digression into workmen’s activities became the focus this February working on the project at Heron Corn Mill. It will form Mill …