An exciting selection of films from our current Thread Count artists and others, curated Emily Richardson, showing at Saxmundham Market Hall on Friday 28th June.
Continuing the themes of the Thread Count exhibition that explores textiles as a medium for self-expression and communication, Art Station Film this month will feature a selection of films selected by Emily Richardson @emilyrichardsonfilms and Freddie Robins @iamfreddierobins
See more from artist Daisy Collingridge and Andrew Omoding and films including BAFTA nominated Visible Mending by Samantha Moore, historic gems from the BFI Textiles on Film collection alongside the iconic Leigh Bowery and music videos by Martin Creed and Steriogram.
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Thread Count exhibition will be open 5-7pm, see this fantastic contemporary textile exhibition before the film starts!
Thread Count: The Old Bank, 24 High Street, Saxmundham and also in the downstairs lobby of The Art Station, 48 High Street, Saxmundham.
Book TicketsMartin Creed is a British artist, composer and performer who won the Turner Prize in 2001 for two exhibitions, Martin Creed Works and Art Now: Martin Creed.
The extent of the minimalism within his work often garnered lots of media attention and controversy, with the majority questioning whether it could be considered art at all.
The music video for Creed’s single, Understanding, features the artist shifting between different outfits and hairstyles, layered on top of each other to create a disorientating and ecstatic montage. When asked about the video, Creed said “trying to choose trousers is just as difficult as trying to choose colours for a painting”.
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Daisy Collingridge explores and celebrates the human form, working across sculpture, photography and performance, delving into its anatomical properties with exaggerated flesh and limbs, harnessing the tactile quality of fabric. She is intrigued by the fascination with how we are all composed internally of things that we have no understanding or concept of. Her work is a physical rendering of those things, invisible and internal, making them external and tangible.
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Andrew Omoding is a Ugandan-British artist who lives and works in London. He masterfully repurposes found materials and objects into sculptural forms by binding, stitching and wrapping them together with a deep, implicit knowledge of construction. Andrew’s intuitive, balanced creations are hybrid forms that sit between figuration and abstraction.
Initially assembling one-off sculptures, Andrew then choreographs these works into installations to tell often autobiographical stories of London or new surroundings, whilst weaving in his memories of Uganda. Andrew’s dynamic practice centres around storytelling and performance, incorporating sculpture, costumes, music and spoken language. His improvised productions are often processions with dancing and song, which demand participation and activation of his sculptural work through their musical or ceremonial capabilities.
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Steriogram were a New Zealand punk rock band that were active between 1999 – 2010.
The band’s international hit single, ‘Walkie Talkie Man,’ was used in advertisements for the iPod and a number of video games and films, and features knitted characters and objects which were animated using stop motion. Directed by Michel Gondry, the music video was nominated for Four MTV Awards.
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