Recently attended a follow-up day led by James Holcombe (from no.w.here) working with 16mm film stock, (see In Genial Company and A Weekend with Bolex) which was organised by CineStar. This time, we used a variety of household chemicals and dye stuffs to dismember a reel of found footage, a reel of black and white…
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In Genial Company
A 16mm Collaboration What could be more compatible than a group of artists working together on a project? In this instance it was the making of a film on the no.w.here workshop (see A Weekend with Bolex). This film was put together by Stuart (one of the participants) from his ‘phone footage and is…
Read MoreA Weekend with Bolex
A Bolex H16 REX-5 spring-wound clockwork 16 mm camera (picture copied from Wikipedia site) Over the course of a weekend I have learned to operate a 16 mm Bolex cine camera. Of course I haven’t completely mastered the technique in such a short time but it has got me scanning ebay to see where…
Read MoreThe Sun and the Stones
This video is an extract taken from Cassandra, a film Anja and I made last year for KerstenWoods Productions. This sequence is beautiful and I thought it could be a stand alone piece in its own right. This section is called, The Sun and the Stones, and is a joyful celebration of the mid-Summer…
Read MoreBritain in a Day
12th November……well did you contribute your video piece for ‘Britain in a Day’? It has been quite time consuming and I’ve only just finished uploading my effort. The original deadline was today but they have had such a huge response that they have extended the deadline to 28th November, so there is still time to…
Read MoreBus Stop Apparitions
Anja and I were in St Ives yesterday, visiting a co-conspirator on our ‘transitions’ project. Walking through the town, the pavement is narrow in places and I stepped into the road to walk around a bus shelter. Anja said she could see me through the opaque panel that had seen rather better days. We…
Read MoreMaking Waves
Welcome to my new video: ‘dip to white‘, which I have submitted to CAZ’s, SQUARE EYES programme: Performance for Video Art. It will be screened next Saturday, 1st October, alongside 16 other artists from the South West of England, at the all-day-event marathon in the CAZ space, in the basement of the Exchange, Penzance. This…
Read MoreIn the Dock
“Can you swim?” asked Christian. “Oh no, you’re not going to throw me in the brink?” I said with some trepidation. “No, it’s just a health and safety thing. You have been chosen to play a UN Official (extra).” He might have included ‘refugee’, he might just as well have said to ‘people’ background scenes,…
Read MorePartnership
Since my creative collaboration with Anja has become more formalised and we have become a proper working unit to concentrate on making films together – take a look at: KerstenWoods Productions, I have been pondering on the nature of what constitutes a great partnership. In essence, a partnership is an arrangement where two or more…
Read More‘Extra’ Cash
Put me behind a camera (yes, c’est moi hiding behind the camera) and I am as happy as can be. Give me the merest possibility of earning some cash as an ‘extra’ in a film and – at a push – I am prepared to put myself in front of the lens, in whatever guise…
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Caro Woods MA 