Screenings
Three Short Films
Films by artists Samuel Bestwick, Georgia Gendall and Jo Lathwood will be shown as looped screenings on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 April.
Each work focuses on a place in Cornwall or Devon and examines human relationships with nature and the effects of large scale industry.
The works will also be shown as part of a special evening screening with introductions from the artists on Thursday 25 April – booking essential.
Georgia Gendall’s film Why did the Scarecrow win an Award? (13 mins, 2024) was filmed solely on motion sensor cameras over the course of a growing season. The film explores the farm as a theatrical space where the relationship between local ecosystems and global food production, queer rurality and land access plays out through the eyes of the protagonists – a scarecrow and a crop of wheat.
Jo Lathwood’s film The Belief in Things Disappearing (17 mins, 2023) weaves together sleight of hand magic tricks, a visit to an energy from waste plant, research into chemical experiments, alchemical symbols, forgotten magicians and stories of old and new artworks. The
film, shot with a range of cameras, attempts to reveal unknowns that
are part of our everyday and asks questions about value and permanence, whilst Lathwood’s retelling of forgotten scientific theories aims to remind viewers how quickly we can change and adapt
our understanding of the world.
Samuel Bestwick’s film Dowr Tamar / Great Water (15 mins, 2023) follows the evolution of the Tamar River’s landscape through time, cataloguing humanity’s technological development, commercial expansion and environmental exploitation through the changing character of the 22 bridges that cross the river.
Why did the Scarecrow win an Award? was an Artist Moving Image Commission for Exeter Phoenix Gallery 2023/2024.
The Belief in Things Disappearing was developed as part of Jo Lathwood’s solo show at Mirror Gallery, Plymouth in 2023.
Dowr Tamar includes archive footage provided by The SWFTA Collection at The Box, Plymouth. It was supported by and first shown at Grays Wharf, Penryn in 2023.
Friday 26 April 2024 – Saturday 27 April 2024
Continuous looped screenings
10am - 4.30pm
Free admission, all welcome
The works will also be shown as part of a special evening screening with introductions from the artists on Thursday 25 April – booking essential.
Georgia Gendall’s film Why did the Scarecrow win an Award? (13 mins, 2024) was filmed solely on motion sensor cameras over the course of a growing season. The film explores the farm as a theatrical space where the relationship between local ecosystems and global food production, queer rurality and land access plays out through the eyes of the protagonists – a scarecrow and a crop of wheat.
Jo Lathwood’s film The Belief in Things Disappearing (17 mins, 2023) weaves together sleight of hand magic tricks, a visit to an energy from waste plant, research into chemical experiments, alchemical symbols, forgotten magicians and stories of old and new artworks. The
film, shot with a range of cameras, attempts to reveal unknowns that
are part of our everyday and asks questions about value and permanence, whilst Lathwood’s retelling of forgotten scientific theories aims to remind viewers how quickly we can change and adapt
our understanding of the world.
Samuel Bestwick’s film Dowr Tamar / Great Water (15 mins, 2023) follows the evolution of the Tamar River’s landscape through time, cataloguing humanity’s technological development, commercial expansion and environmental exploitation through the changing character of the 22 bridges that cross the river.
Why did the Scarecrow win an Award? was an Artist Moving Image Commission for Exeter Phoenix Gallery 2023/2024.
The Belief in Things Disappearing was developed as part of Jo Lathwood’s solo show at Mirror Gallery, Plymouth in 2023.
Dowr Tamar includes archive footage provided by The SWFTA Collection at The Box, Plymouth. It was supported by and first shown at Grays Wharf, Penryn in 2023.
Friday 26 April 2024 – Saturday 27 April 2024
Continuous looped screenings
10am - 4.30pm
Free admission, all welcome
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