MARCH NEWSLETTER
Lighthouse News
1. Digiville : Danielle Wilde - Artist talk & panel discussion
2. Cineville: ‘Hunger’ screening
....+ Q&A with producer Laura Hastings-Smith
3. CHAMELEON-prototype 7 - Artist residency & exhibition
4. Digital Media Arts MA
New Lighthouse Courses
1. After Effects Essentials & After Effects Intermediate
2. Introduction to Processing
3. Introduction to Script Development
4. Further Steps in Screenwriting
Regional News
1. Paper Bag and Birds Eye View Film Festival - Double Bill
2. straight 8 2009: one month left to get your film in
3. Job Opportunity: Production Assistant
4. BANG - A Night on the Red Carpet - Monday 9th March
5. GAZWRX & RAYDAY Jeff Keen and Ian Helliwell
6. March’s Space event – Meet The War of the Worlds
7. Job Opportunity: Sponsorship Development Manager
8. “Rattling the Cage”, a local campaign against the global
Lighthouse News
1. Digiville : Danielle Wilde - Artist talk & panel discussion
Date: Tue 3rd March 2009
6.30pm: Doors and Bar
7.00pm: Artist Talk
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: FREE
Danielle Wilde will present her current research outcomes: a range of interactive concept garments and body extensions that encourage people to explore and move in playful ways. The different interfaces allow the wearer to hear the shape or dynamic of their movements, to dance sound, to draw pictures by moving their hips, to interact with each other with rays of light extending out from their bodies, to navigate through “invisible” vibro-tactile displays, as well as to “try on” another’s deformity or physical limitation, or to change the shape of a garment dynamically through movement.
Through these works, Wilde hopes to understand how to incite people to move and extend themselves physically, while celebrating the idiosyncratic nature of relationships to the body.
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2. Cineville: ‘Hunger’ screening + Q&A with producer Laura Hastings-Smith
Date: Wed 11th March 2009
6.00pm: Doors and Bar
6.30pm: Event Start
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: £5/£4 concs.
To book a place please email: info@lighthouse.org.uk
Following last year’s critical and popular success, ‘Hunger’ comes back to Brighton for one night only, accompanied by its producer Laura Hastings Smith.
Directed by Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen, ‘Hunger’ is a compelling and visceral portrayal of life within the Maze prison around the time of the 1981 IRA hunger strike. Starring Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham, the film was co-written with Enda Walsh.
After its premier at Cannes where it was awarded the Camera d’Or, ‘Hunger’ went on to receive countless prizes and accolades at film festivals around the world.
Watch ‘Hunger’ at Lighthouse and stay for a Q&A with Laura Hastings-Smith who will be discussing the film’s journey, from conception to completion and beyond, with local filmmaker and broadcaster Toby Amies.
This event has been enabled by Screen South and the RIFE lottery funding programme.
3. CHAMELEON-prototype 7 - Artist residency & exhibition
14 - 18 March 2009, Wed-Sun 11-5pm
Opening Artist Talk: 3.00pm, 14 March 2009
Closing Artist Talk: 3.00pm: 28 March 2009
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
FREE
Why is it that one person can have the ability to ‘light up a room’?
How does a previously upbeat group become miserable?
The CHAMELEON Project merges art, neuroscience and technology into a poetic interactive video art installation driven by emotions of the audience. The work uses mind reading technology to assess and respond to the emotional states of the audience. As members of the public enter the exhibition space, cameras will read their facial expressions and the video installations will respond accordingly.
If viewers look happy, the video installations will respond with smiling expressions and so forth.
Tina Gonsalves will be resident in the Lighthouse space for two weeks in March 09. During this time she will work with her collaborators and members of the public to develop and improve Chameleon’s mind reading technology. The public will become active participants in the development of the Chameleon Project and will gain a greater insight into how technology-led art works.
This two-week residency and exhibition promises to be unmissable for anyone interested in the collaborative and cross-disciplinary aspects of innovative digital art practice.
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4. Digital Media Arts MA
This course is delivered at the University of Brighton and at Lighthouse.
Work at Lighthouse bridges the arts, education and industry sectors, bringing together professional and cultural organisations and individuals, not only across the region but internationally. The course has been developed in the context of Brighton’s status as one of the main centres of the media economy.
It provides the production skills and develops the individual approaches and bodies of work required for success in this fast-moving competitive industry, as well as exploring the increasingly important areas of education and convergence.
Applications for the course starting in September 2009 are being accepted now.
For more information about the course please go to the University of Brighton's website www.brighton.ac.uk/arts or email the Course Leader Sue Gollifer s.c.gollifer@bton.ac.uk
New Lighthouse Courses
1. After Effects Essentials & After Effects Intermediate
Expert training in Adobe After Effects CS4 by Giles Thacker
After Effects Essentials
Length: 2 days
Times: 10 - 5pm
Dates: Wednesday 25th March & Thursday 26th March 09
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Tutor: Giles Thacker
Cost: £500 (full) £450 (concessions)
Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Maximum of 6 participants.
Adobe After Effects is the industry standard for many of the processes involved in the creation of digital animation, motion graphics and video production. This course aims to provide a solid grounding in After Effects, detailing the key concepts required to give you confidence to employ After Effects as a regular part of your workflow.
For more information and to book:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/aftereffects_ess.htm
After Effects Intermediate
Length: 2 days
Times: 10 - 5pm
Dates: Wednesday 15th April & Thursday 16th April 09
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Tutor: Giles Thacker
Cost: £500 (full) £450 (concessions)
Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Maximum of 6 participants.
The After Effects Intermediate course builds on the foundations laid in the After Effects Essentials course. The aims of this course are to give you a comprehensive overview of the capabilities of After Effects, to provide you with tips and tricks to enhance your workflow and the confidence to employ the techniques you learn in your every day work.
For more information and to book:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/aftereffects_int.htm
2. Introduction to Processing
Length: 2 day weekend workshop
Times: 10am - 5pm
Dates: Saturday 18th April, Sunday 19th April 09
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Tutor: Ollie Glass
Cost: £130 (full) £100 (concessions)
This course unlocks the door to the world of programming. Often seen as a cryptic, complicated and opaque activity, this workshop offers a clear, step-by-step path into Processing (processing.org), a programming environment for creating graphics, animations and interactive works.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in programming, and may be especially interesting to artists working in or curious about visual, digital and interactive media. Some basic computer literacy would be helpful, but no previous experience with programming is necessary. It is recommended that you bring your own laptop if possible, Mac or PC, and all software used will be provided.
For more information and to book:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/processing.htm
3. Introduction to Script Development
Length: 2 days (Saturdays)
Times: 10am - 5pm
Dates: Saturday 4th April, Saturday 18th April 09
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Tutor: Julie Everton
Cost: £130 (full) £100 (concessions)
(You may be able to get a training bursary from your Regional Screen Agency or Skillset for all or part of the course fee.)
This course is designed for people who are interested in starting or building their careers as script readers or script developers. It is also suitable for writers, producers or directors interested in learning how to best work with a script to maximise its inherent potential.
For more information and to book:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/script_development.htm
4. Further Steps in Screenwriting
Length: 8 evening sessions (all Tuesdays)
Times: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Dates: 21st April, 28th April, 5th May, 12th May, 26th May, 2nd June, 9th June, 16th June 09
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Tutor: Julie Everton
Cost: £130.00 (full) £100 (concessions)
This course is for writers wanting to build on existing screenwriting skills who are interested in learning how to develop a feature idea.
The course is suitable for those who have completed the Introduction to Screenwriting curriculum.
For more information and to book:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/further_steps.htm
Regional News
1. Paper Bag and Birds Eye View Film Festival - Double Bill
To coincide with International Women's Day, March sees Paper Bag team up with Birds Eye View Film Festival once more to present a double bill of events.
From 3.30pm at the Duke of York's Picturehouse, there will be a stunning programme of short films made by women filmmakers including Sam Taylor Woods' brilliant 'Love You More' and gripping Sundance winner 'August 15th' from Birds Eye View Film Festivals opening night.
Tickets: £7.20 (full), £5.20 (members) £6.20 (concs)
From 6pm, Paperbaglady will be held at The Brunswick, Hove.
There'll be a Q&A with a celebrated female animator, a showreel of women-made animated shorts and live music from Jane Bartholomew (janebartholomew.net) - plenty to provide an evening's worth of entertainment.
Whether you're a female film maker or appreciator, or just up for enjoying a bit of Paper Bag then make sure you join us to celebrate this special day!
Tickets for Paperbaglady: £6 (full), £5 (concs), £4 (for BEV audience)
www.paperbaguk.com
www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
www.brunswickpub.co.uk
www.picturehouses.co.uk
www.openbookuk.com
2. straight 8 2009: one month left to get your film in
straight 8 2009 is open at www.straight8.net and the deadline for completed films has been extended to March 30th. Please note that this is the DELIVERY deadline – entries should be registered asap in order to get your first choice of filmstock sent to you.
This year the very best films will premiere at straight 8's Cannes Film Festival event for the 7th consecutive year.
A map of worldwide entries is online now at: http://www.straight8.net/entrymap2009.html
3. Job Opportunity: Production Assistant
Award winning Fact Not Fiction Films is seeking a full time enthusiastic and extravert Production Assistant who lives in or near Horsham, West Sussex to join their expanding company. Application by email with current photograph only to: vacancies@factnotfictionfilms.co.uk
Due to the nature of the position please DO NOT apply unless you can satisfy all of the following: Fluent in written and spoken English. Right to live and work permanently in the UK. Hold a full UK driving license. Have drive and initiative. Have enthusiasm and genuine interest in film and documentary production. Due to the nature of the position you must live within 25 miles of Horsham. Degree or equivalent experience in film/documentary production. Willing to work for continuous 3 month blocks permanently overseas. Familiar with Avid editing basics. Ability to work efficiently alone, unsupervised, for long time periods. Familiar with administrative procedures and basic office and excel packages. Good PR skills. The position will also require a person to be physically and medically fit in view of the extreme locations and environments we film in.
Pay and terms of employment dependent on skills and previous experience. Successful applicants will be called for interviews in early March 2009.
4. BANG - A Night on the Red Carpet - Monday 9th March
Award fever is in the air! BANG have pulled out all the stops (and the red carpet) with their next event on Monday 9th March.
Expect an A-List evening packed full of entertainment, glitz & glamour (without the tears and tantrums) as they screen some of this year's BAFTA and Oscar nominated animated short films (and few of the old favourites for good measure). The guest speaker is none other than the acclaimed director Alan Smith; half of the famous animation directing team Smith & Foulkes - who's animated short film "This Way Up" has been nominated at this years Oscars!
His credits include many well-known projects such as the BBC animated comedy series Monkey Dust, the film credit sequence for Thunderbirds, and an animated film within Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has also created commercial work for companies like Coca Cola, Volkswagen, Robinsons, Honda (the beautiful "Hate Something, Change Something" TV advert) and Orange.
Alan is going to show us how his projects have evolved from their original concept drawings, storyboards and animatics, through to the final animated piece.
Find out more about "This Way Up" here - http://www.thiswayupmovie.com/
Find out more about BANG here - http://brightonanimators.ning.com
When is it? Monday 9th March - doors open at 7pm & the screenings start promptly at 7:30pm until 10:30pm.
Where is it? Lighthouse Digital Screening Lounge, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
How much is it? £5 per person on the door to cover the venue hire costs.
Where do I sign up to attend? Sign up through the BANG EventWax site - http://bang.eventwax.com/bang---a-night-on-the-red-carpet
5. GAZWRX & RAYDAY Jeff Keen and Ian Helliwell - Permanent Gallery
Sunday 1 - Sunday 8 March 09
Launch: Saturday 28 February, 6.30pm onwards
Soft Eliminator Night - Films from Jeff Keen: 4 March, 8pm (doors 7.45pm) £4/£3 (concs) New Venture Theatre, Bedford Place . A Cinematheque event.
Permanent Gallery is pleased to present GAZWRX & RAYDAY, an exhibition by Jeff Keen and Ian Helliwell to celebrate the simultaneous release of two major retrospective Jeff Keen productions; GAZWRX: The Films of Jeff Keen - Nine hours of mind-blowing experimental titles, restored and remastered on DVD and Blu-ray, issued by the BFI. RAYDAY: Compendium Edition - A boxed edition of Jeff Keen's classic broadsheet posters, republished by Permanent Gallery. Born in 1923 and a soldier in WWII, Jeff Keen is an experimental visual artist, who has been living and working in Brighton since the age of 37. The exhibition features his original paper collages from the mid-sixties. Ian Helliwell is an audio-visual artist based in Brighton. He presents electronic sound loops on magnetic tape and super 8 film, derived from the soundtrack of Art Flies Free, his 2000 experimental short on Jeff Keen. More: http://www.permanentgallery.com
6. March’s Space event – Meet The War of the Worlds Maestro & a Top Actor
The Space's March 3rd event sees Lisa Holloway welcoming Jeff Wayne and Colin Salmon. Latest Music Bar / doors 7:00 / starts 7:30 / £5/£3 Jeff Wayne (The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds) And actor Colin Salmon (Doctor Who, Prime Suspect 2, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day). Plus raffle prizes, including: The War of the Worlds Live tickets with VIP backstage passes, tickets to a London Symphony Orchestra film music concert with a luxury Mayfair based hotel stay, a special Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Collectors Edition, plus Doctor Who and Prime Suspect box sets and cinema and gig tickets. www.thespace.me.uk
7. Job Opportunity: Sponsorship Development Manager
SEE The Brighton Documentary Film Festival is looking for a Sponsorship Development Manager. SEE is dedicated to all things documentary and celebrates both existing and emerging talent within the industry. We are looking for someone who understands the SEE Festival brand and who can identify both local and national brand associations for our 2010 event.
This post is on a commission only basis. March-October 2009. Please send your CV to see@seefestival.org Deadline: 13th March 09.
8. “Rattling the Cage”, a local campaign against the global injustice of Guantánamo
Rattling the Cage is a community archive of documents, textiles, photography and film used in the ‘Save Omar’ campaign. It demonstrates the power of improvisation. As a group of people from Brighton, Worthing and Eastbourne began to work together for the return of Guantánamo detainee Omar Deghayes to his home in Saltdean, they developed skills and materials that could be called an art of politics: they wrote letters and plays, performed on the street and for the screen. They created posters, postcards, badges and clothing. The exhibition of their archive is an opportunity to reflect upon how the creativity of local people can be used to effect political change.
The exhibition runs from 7 – 21 March and is accompanied by a programme of talks and activities. For further details please visit www.phoenixbrighton.org.
Phoenix Brighton. 10-14 Waterloo Place. Brighton. BN2 9NB. t: 01273 603700
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