Bodyscapes is a collection of new films by Japanese artists whose use of the body is central to their work – either as a landscape, a political metaphor or method of expression – the body acts as a vehicle and subject to communicate ideas. This will be screened in The Quarterhouse Auditorium 4-6pm Saturday 23rd March and the curator, Jamie Wyld will be talking about the screening in the Quarterhouse Clearing at 4pm - 5pm.

Discussion and talks

The afternoon will begin with a rough history of video art by artist and writer Chris Meigh-Andrews who also will chair the programme, followed by presentations by Larry Achiampong, Jane England, Keith Piper and Lois Keidan. The invited speakers will each present their own personal ideas and approaches to issues that are relevant to their practice and show visual examples of their work. This will be followed by an opportunity for further discussion about past, present and future of time-based media.

Peter grew up in Denmark and came to the UK in his early twenties to work in the TV industry. He trained in post-production and later progressed into production, working on ‘DANCER IN THE DARK’ by Lars von Trier, and reality shows for TV. In 2000 he started producing content for pioneering internet companies and later founded Klip Films, a production company to serve the corporate, arts and public sector.

Throughout his career he has written, directed and produced many short films of which some have screened at international film festivals. Two of his short films was nominated for the TIME OUT AWARD: ‘MEAT’ in 2007, and ‘THE PREACHER’ in 2008. In 2016 he shot his first feature film ‘SEAGULL’. 

Some of most creative documentary films are often under ten minutes long and over the last couple of years there has been an explosion of high quality films that were usually only available at film festivals and a brief life on iTunes. These films deserve more love and attention rather than just being seen as a training ground for feature documentaries.

Dominic Pillai is a film director and video artist based in Folkestone. Taking a uniquely holistic approach to the moving image, Dominic aims to explore the therapeutic potential of the medium by creating work that blurs the boundaries between narrative, documentary and experimental film.

Composer and sound artist Emily Peasgood discusses participant voices in community art with reference to VOICE100, a project she created in 2018 that includes the speaking voices of 100 men, women and children augmented into a contemporary beat poem. VOICE100 is a contemporary electronic surround sound work about how women are perceived 100 years since they started to receive the right to vote. 

In this one hour  conversation with Jessica Hynes with Terry Smith  will discuss and share favourite beginnings and endings of films that had a significant affect on their practice. The conversation will be moderated by Jennifer Thatcher.

John Woolrich : Music in Film

What is music for in cinema? Is it just Mickey Mousing, or can it be an essential part of a film

A conversation with John Woolrich Terry Smith and Jennifer Thatcher     

Imaging Time: Understanding Photography as Time-based Media Discussion launches the 2019 Strangelove festival. This event is brought to you by Strangelove and The Photographers’ Gallery, London.

The panel features Phoebe Boswell, Lucy Reynolds, Erica Scourti and Catherine Yass aims to explore the various relationships that photography has with, makes use of, and represents time.