A brief history of Temple Newsam leedsmuseums 2016-04-06 | Discover the story of Temple Newsam House in Leeds, and the people who once lived there.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
Lubaina Himid in conversation with Billboard Artists leedsmuseums 2024-06-03 | On the evening of Thursday 25 April, four Leeds-based artists joined Lubaina Himid CBE for an online conversation. Lubaina was the curator of the exhibition 'Found Cities, Lost Objects' an Arts Council Touring exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery (27 January – 21 April 2024). The artists are Becca Blake, Hannaa Hamdache, Alicja Mrozowska and Jioni Warner. These artists were chosen from an open call out and commissioned to design billboard artworks, which featured across the city. Found Cities, Lost Objects: was an Arts Council Collection national touring exhibition curated by Turner Prize-winning artist and cultural activist Lubaina Himid CBE. Drawn from the rich holdings of the Arts Council Collection and with additions in Leeds from Yorkshire based artists, this exhibition considered the privileges enjoyed and boundaries faced by women and gender non-conforming people in the city.You can access photographs and documentation of the exhibition on the gallery’s Bloomberg Connects page.Film edited by: Ronnie DanaherBillboard commissions funded by: Arts Council Collection.
Overlooked at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2024-05-13 | Members of the Preservative Party, Leeds City Museum's youth group, talk about the process of creating their exhibition 'Overlooked', along with people who contributed and loaned objects for the exhibition.
Lead Coffin - Timelapse leedsmuseums 2024-03-25 | See the exhumation of the Leeds Lead Coffin in a timelapse from the archaeologists who brought the coffin to the surface.© Archaeological Services WYAS
Fleeting Interruptions, Failures, Aberrations by Sam Metz for WAIWAV 2 July 2022 leedsmuseums 2022-09-21 | This short film work by Ronnie Danaher, documents the artist’s intervention within Leeds Art Gallery for the national We Are Invisible We Are Visible (WAIWAV) organised by DASH. WAIWAV marked the 102nd anniversary of the 1st Dada International Exhibition in Berlin, and saw 31 d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists stage Dada inspired interventions in 30 museums and galleries across Britain and Northern Ireland on the same day.
Living with Machines: Dobby Loom demonstration leedsmuseums 2022-08-30 | This Dobby Weaving Loom is currently on display in the Living with Machines exhibition at Leeds City Museum.It's on loan to the museum for the duration of the exhibition from Edwin Woodhouse & Co Ltd at Sunny Bank Mills.This video features William Gaunt, Joint Managing Director, and was filmed by Opal.Find out more about the Living with Machines exhibition, on until 8 January 2023, on our website: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/events/leeds-city-museum/living-with-machines-human-stories-from-the-industrial-age
Homes of the Gascoignes: Lost Paintings of Ballyhoura leedsmuseums 2022-08-12 | Untold Stories This video is part of a series of untold stories of the Gascoigne family of Lotherton. By sharing untold stories and recently discovered objects, people living on the Gascoigne estates in England, Ireland and Scotland paint a picture of what life was like during the heyday of these great houses. They reveal how the legacy of the Gascoigne family has and will affect the future of their communities.Homes of the Gascoignes:Parlington (family seat) – 1546 – 1905 Castle Oliver (Irish estate) – 1843 – 1975 Craignish (Scottish Estate) – 1853 – 1953 Lotherton (family seat) – 1892 – 1969 This video focuses on the lost paintings of Ballyhoura. Find out what happened to the Italian Master paintings from Ricci and Nagori that hung in Castle Oliver in the 1770’s.Discover the Homes of the Gascoignes exhibition at Lotherton.Visit bit.ly/HOTGLoth to find out more.
Jill McKnight introduces her commissioned exhibition with Leeds Art Gallery & the British Library leedsmuseums 2022-08-01 | In this short film, Leeds-based artist Jill McKnight talks about the research and thinking behind her exhibition Desire Lines at Leeds Art Gallery. The exhibition features a new body of work created by McKnight in response to the collections of Leeds Art Gallery and the British Library. The exhibition explores the physical and metaphorical paths carved by generations of Leeds residents. Jill’s work takes inspiration from a wide range of stories where the ordinary and extraordinary are interwoven. Desire Lines features newly commissioned sculptures, works on paper, sound and film alongside a selection of significant artworks from Leeds Art Gallery’s collection and recordings from the British Library sound archive. Film by Ronnie Danaher. Supported by Arts Council England, Leeds City Council and National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Artists on Artists: Lindsey Mendick on Eileen Agar leedsmuseums 2022-04-25 | Lindsey Mendick on Eileen AgarIn this most recent film, from the Artists on Artists series, sculptor Lindsey Mendick (b. 1987) talks about relating to Eileen Agar’s rebellious, playful, and experimental nature. Mendick also speaks about utilising art-making as a way to work through emotional states and to challenge gender roles and conventions. In the series of films, Artists on Artists, contemporary artists are invited to respond to a single artist represented in Leeds Art Gallery’s permanent collection, exhibitions, or programming. Contemporary artists have been paired with artists who have had a particular influence on their practice, or have been a source of inspiration and stimulus for ideas across generations. More about the artist Lindsey Mendick: Mendick’s uniquely autobiographical practice is rooted in her skilled work in ceramics, which she describes being drawn to for its tactile nature and its inherent manipulative qualities. By playfully combining low culture iconography and high culture methods of construction, Mendick creates humorously decadent and elaborate installations that enable the viewer to explore their personal history in a cathartic fashion. Mendick received an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London and she has been included in solo and duo exhibitions, recent include: The Yellow Wallpaper, East Side projects, Birmingham, (2020), Space Commission, Space Ilford, UK (2019), PROUDICK, Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot, Hannah Barry, London (2018), SMUT, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Lindsey Mendick, VITRINE Gallery, Basel (2018).This film was made by Nick Singleton and generously supported by the Leeds Art Fund.
Artists on artists: Shezad Dawood on Eileen Agar leedsmuseums 2022-04-08 | Shezad Dawood on Eileen AgarIn this first of a series of films, Artists on artists, contemporary artists are invited to respond to a single artist represented in Leeds Art Gallery’s permanent collection, exhibitions, or programming. Contemporary artists have been paired with artists who have had a particular influence on their practice, or have been a source of inspiration or stimulus for ideas across generations. In this film, the artist Shezad Dawood (b. 1974) discusses discovering Eileen Agar’s work as a student at Central Saint Martins in the 90’s and how her experimental approach and refusal to be pigeon-holed as one type of artist was a great source of inspiration to him. Dawood goes on to talk about their shared love of oceans and interest in marine ecologies, the unconscious and the esoteric.More about the artist Shezad Dawood: Dawood works across the disciplines of painting, film, neon, sculpture, performance, virtual reality and other digital media to ask key questions of narrative, history and embodiment. Using the editing process as a method to explore both meanings and forms, his practice often involves collaboration and knowledge exchange, mapping across multiple audiences and communities. Through a fascination with the esoteric, otherness, the environment and architectures both material and virtual, Dawood interweaves stories, realities and symbolism to create richly layered artworks. Shezad Dawood (b.1974 London) trained at Central St Martin’s and the Royal College of Art before completing his PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University. Dawood is a Senior Research Fellow in Experimental Media at the University of Westminster. He lives and works in London.This film was made by Nick Singleton and generously supported by the Leeds Art Fund.
An Introduction to Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy at Leeds Art Gallery, 29 January – 07 May 2022 leedsmuseums 2022-03-30 | Leeds Art Gallery exhibition curators Helen Little and Holly Grange introduce the exhibition Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy at Leeds Art Gallery, 29 January – 07 May 2022.Developed in partnership with the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and the Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden, the exhibition is the largest presentation of Agar’s work to date. It features over 100 paintings, collages, photographs and archive material, much of which has been rarely exhibited.Agar had a fascinating life and career and the exhibition explores how early inspirations of Cubism and Surrealism rapidly developed into her very personal style that reflected society over a period of tremendous social change. Fascinated by classical art, ancient mythologies, the natural world and sexual pleasure, Agar mined these subjects for the forms and content that filled her works.This film was made by Nick Singleton and generously supported by the Leeds Art Fund.
Hidden Women of Leeds Arts Club leedsmuseums 2022-03-11 | Join Hannah Cullen (Leeds Beckett University) as she explores the Leeds Arts Club and its links with the women's suffrage campaign, for Women's History Month
Museum from Home: Penny licks, Ice Cream and Disease! leedsmuseums 2020-06-26 | This week we're looking at the seaside, starting with this strange and mysterious object. How did Victorians like their ice cream? It would seem, with some additional contagious disease on the side...For additional Victorian seaside resources, look at:scarboroughmuseumstrust.com/wp-content/uploads/Seaside-History-Teacher-resource-3.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2dH9tyW2Gl3uQWxzqkL5LsOTNky8d_0KgiP_msj3aKxf4Nqzwa8bKZehg
Arthur the tapir at Lotherton Wildlife World leedsmuseums 2020-06-09 | Find out a little more about our very chilled out tapir, Arthur, with keeper Alex. Arthur is 8 years old and came across to Lotherton Wildlife World from Flamingo Land three years ago.
Ancient Egypt: Mummify an apple Part 3 - Revealing and wrapping leedsmuseums 2020-05-18 | Part 3 of mummify an apple Ancient Egyptian style! This time, we uncover our dried out apple mummy, and wrap it up.You can find our more about the Leeds mummy, Nesaymun, and Ancient Egypt on the MyLearning page: mylearning.org/stories/ancient-egypt-death-and-the-afterlife/325?fbclid=IwAR3SeUmrNOl_QH3T-FXCzg8Go5uRtrX35o6hXGbTpB_UJPkvrUBWv9HMhD4mylearning.org/stories/egyptian-mummy/461?fbclid=IwAR0VeWhOJ6OdUVb07PRNfr0il81ac0sKs6ZI-MmQjArYL0Jl9GoCFmviktw
Ancient Egypt: Mummify an apple Part 2 - Canopic Jars leedsmuseums 2020-05-13 | Part 2 of how to mummify an apple, Ancient Egyptian style! This week, what did they do with organs like the lungs, the stomach and the intestines? Canopic jars heads sheet in the comments below.Find out more about Canopic Jars on MyLearning, our school learning site mylearning.org/…/a-step-by-step-guide-to-eg…/220?Next time, we reveal our apple mummy!
Ancient Egypt: Mummify an apple Part 1 leedsmuseums 2020-05-13 | Join Emma, Learning Officer at Leeds City Museum, as she takes you through the process of mummification - using an apple! Whether you are exploring Ancient Egypt for school or just for fun, find out how the Egyptians preserved people for the afterlife with this easy activity. Inspired by Nesyamun, the Leeds Mummy, every week in May we will do a different part of the mummification process!
1152 Club: A potted history of kirkstall abbey leedsmuseums 2020-05-06 | A talk by Assistant Curator of Community, Pat Bourne, on a potted history of Kirkstall Abbey. Discover the origins of one of the best preserved Cistercian monastery's in the country and hear how the inhabitants lived and worked here.
Museum from Home: What were Ancient Egyptian Houses Like? leedsmuseums 2020-05-01 | Today we look at what Ancient Egyptian people's actual houses were like, and how we know! Plus a lovely piece of Ancient Egyptian ceramic.For more information, and some activity ideas, look no further than MyLearning: mylearning.org/stories/ancient-egyptians-objects-from-daily-life/420?fbclid=IwAR2GCkDTYWt3o4Ja3j45OB7vuLYakv66hikw3djbRaDTmlf9gM1cInpU-dk
Museum from Home: Why does the Eye of Horus bring good luck? leedsmuseums 2020-05-01 | Today we continue the story of Osiris with the battle of his son Horus and the evil Seth. What happened to Horus's eye, and why did it bring good luck?There are different versions of this story. For more information and resources, go to mylearning.org/stories/egyptian-mummy-eye/453
Make a Roman Mosaic with Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2020-04-27 | Got the urge for a bit of (historical) art and crafting? Using some easy to find supplies at home, join Emma, one of our Learning Officers at Leeds City Museum, to make a simple Roman Mosaic. Get creative and show us your mosaic masterpieces by sharing them with us on social media!
Meet & Make Week 1 - Sketchbooks leedsmuseums 2020-04-17 | Meet and Make is a friendly, accessible group for adults and older people. Each week we create our own art inspired by works in our exhibitions or collections. Since we aren’t able to meet in person, we thought we’d join you at home by releasing an activity each Friday for you to try!Download the instructions here - bit.ly/meetandmakeone
Museum from home: An Introduction to Roman Week leedsmuseums 2020-03-27 | Join Emily Nelson, Learning Officer at Leeds Museums & Galleries as she introduces you some of the objects in our collections which are all about the Romans. Additional learning resources are available here: bit.ly/museumfromhomeromansMore information can be found on MyLearning: bit.ly/mylearningromans
Spinning Mule Demonstration at Leeds Industrial Museum leedsmuseums 2019-05-21 | A short film demonstrating the working Spinning Mule on display and in action at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills. This film features Visitor Assistant Barrie operating the machinery as it would have been used on site, at what was once the world's largest woolen mill.
Collections to Inspire: The mummy of Nesyamun leedsmuseums 2018-10-18 | Curator of Archaeology Kat Baxter describes what we know about the mummified remains of the Ancient Egyptian priest Nesyamun, based on scientific investigations and the intricate drawings on his coffins.The mummy of Nesyamun is on display in the Ancient Worlds gallery at Leeds City Museum.
Working with Silver: Artist Miriam Hanid leedsmuseums 2017-10-25 | Artist and silversmith Miriam Hanid talks about the inspiration behind her Deluge Dish Centerpiece, the influence of water in her creative process and her favourite silversmithing techniques.This film was commissioned alongside the Showstoppers: Silver Centrepieces exhibition displayed at Temple Newsam in 2017. The exhibition showcased the continuation and reinvention of traditional silversmithing techniques and celebrated women in silver, as makers and owners.For more information on Temple Newsam, visit http://bit.ly/13jGgwI.With thanks to Digifish, the filmmakers.
Human Remains and Museum Collections leedsmuseums 2017-09-18 | Katherine Baxter, Curator of Archaeology for Leeds Museums and Galleries explores the important relationship between Human Remains and museum collections.This film features in the 'Skeletons: Our Buried Bones' exhibition, in which the fascinating stories of 12 people from Yorkshire and London are unearthed and told through their skeletons.‘Skeletons: Our Buried Bones’ is a collaboration between Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London, and is free to visit at Leeds City Museum from 22 September 2017 - 7 Jan 2018. For more information, visit www.leeds.gov.uk/skeletonsImages of Nesyamun by kind permission of Sara Porter photography.Film made in collaboration with Digifish.
Working with Silver: Contemporary Artist Junko Mori leedsmuseums 2017-09-15 | Contemporary silver artist Junko Mori talks about the inspiration behind her "Silver Poetry Spring Fever Ring" piece - Temple Newsam's latest acquisition - and demonstrates her silversmithing techniques and equipment.This film was commissioned alongside the Showstoppers: Silver Centrepieces exhibition on display at Temple Newsam until 15 October 2017. The exhibition showcases the continuation and reinvention of traditional silversmithing techniques and celebrates women in silver, as makers and owners.With thanks to Digifish, the filmmakers.
Rock Against Racism leedsmuseums 2017-08-15 | A short film exploring the origins and impact of the Rock against Racism movement in Leeds. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a grass roots movement which organised gigs to show resistance to the growing popularity of the National Front. Starting in Londonin 1978, it soon spread through the UK. This film was made as part of the Leeds Music Sound Bites display at Leeds City Museum, on until April 2018. Explore Leeds’ diverse music scene over the last 50 years, from roots reggae to the goth scene, Hip Hop, buskers and the Rock against Racism movement in this vibrant display created in partnership with local artists, community artists and young people.Learn about how Leeds used music to campaign against racism in the 1970s and 1980s, and sample the diversity of the Leeds busking scene from singers to rappers, harpists to drummers.
Busking in Leeds leedsmuseums 2017-08-15 | Leeds has a unique and vibrant busking scene. Meet five buskers who were performing on one Saturday in Leeds City Centre. Hear their stories and songs as they show us the fantastic diversity of street performance in Leeds.This film was made as part of the Leeds Music Sound Bites display at Leeds City Museum, on until April 2018. Explore Leeds’ diverse music scene over the last 50 years, from roots reggae to the goth scene, Hip Hop, buskers and the Rock against Racism movement in this vibrant display created in partnership with local artists, community artists and young people.Learn about how Leeds used music to campaign against racism in the 1970s and 1980s, and sample the diversity of the Leeds busking scene from singers to rappers, harpists to drummers.
Islam in Leeds leedsmuseums 2017-02-02 | This film about Islam in Leeds today was created for the Voices of Asia Gallery at Leeds City Museum.Lassad Laouini from Leeds Grand Mosque sings the call to prayer as we see views of the seven mosques in Leeds. Dr Qari Asim, Imam of Makkah Masjid mosque, explains the core beliefs of Islam, the belief in God, Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the Qur’an. The film goes through the Five Pillars of Islam. The first pillar is Believing in One God, and Muhammad as his messenger, expressed in the Shahada, the declaration of faith. The second pillar is Praying Five Times a Day, for which Lassad gives us some details. The third pillar is Sawm or fasting, especially during Ramadan. The fourth pillar is Zakah, regular and compulsory giving to charity, explained by Afshan Hussain of Leeds Grand Mosque. The fifth pillar is Hajj, making a spiritul pilgrimage to Mecca, a once in a lifetime objective if you can afford it and are well enough. Produced in 2015 by Digifish.tv. Directed, filmed and edited by Paul Banks. Funded by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Sikhism in Leeds - Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2017-01-26 | This film explores Sikhism in Leeds today. It was originally made for the Voices of Asia Gallery at Leeds City MuseumThe film opens with the aerial shot of a Sikh Gurdwara in Sheepscar, Leeds followed by a brief insight into Sikh philosophy, Sunday worship and early Sikh migration to Leeds. Then the exterior views of all seven Gurdwaras in Leeds, with the sound of Kirtan Kaur Rehal singing the Mool Mantar, which encapsulates the entire theology of Sikhism. Prem Singh Duggal of The Sikh Temple on Chapeltown Rd, the first Gurdwara in Leeds, tells us about the founding of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh and how Khalsa Sikhs wear the 5 K’s as a sign of their beliefs: • Kesh ‐ uncut hair• Kanga- a wooden comb• Kirpan ‐ steel sword• Kara ‐ a steel bracelet• Kachera ‐ loose and modest underwear. Guru Gobind Singh ji the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, officially passed on his spiritual authority and Gurugaddi (Throne of Guru) to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in 1708. In each Gurdwara the Guru Granth rests under a special canopy and is approached with the utmost respect. Inderjeet Kaur Hanjan of GNNSJ talks about the equality of Sikh men and women, a core concept put forward by Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, and how this is realised today. Giani Gurbax Singh, of the Guru Hargobind Sahab Ji Gurdwara at Potternewton Mansion, tells us about the Sikh festivals, particularly Vaisakhi with its big street procession, and the new heritage room at this gurdwara, open by appointment for school and community visits. We also get a glimpse behind the scenes of the new Khalsa academy primary school, and witness the street langar held in October in Leeds city centre. Made in 2016 by BOXmedia for the Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum. Directed, filmed and edited by Del and Rashpal Sagoo of BOXmedia. Funded by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Murder in the Museum - A 1930s Mystery at Abbey House Museum leedsmuseums 2016-08-31 | Murder in the Museum is one of the best-loved penny slot machines at Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall.Made by Leeds sisters Alice and Eveline Dennison in 1934, it shows a 30s murder mystery worthy of Agatha Christie! This film, made by Target Productions at Temple Newsam House, re-imagines the story behind the slot machine with some colourful characters from the museum's past.Warning: if you plan to visit the museum and try the machine for real, then the film contains spoilers!You can find out more about the machine on our blog at http://bit.ly/2bV3twBVisit the museum website: http://bit.ly/1v76DNX
From Fish to Fossil: How prehistoric fish came to be fossilised leedsmuseums 2016-08-24 | These fossils are part of the Palaeontology collection at Leeds Museums and Galleries. The linked animations within this film represent a single interpretation of how each fish came to be fossilised, using the available evidence.The specimens include:Megalichthys hibberti: A medium to large (1-1.5m), predatory fish, with a heavily plated and robust head, large gaping mouth filled with long armour piercing teeth. It stalked the shallow swamps during the Carboniferous period, around 340 million years ago. Rhizodus hibberti: A very large, heavily built predatory fish, measuring (7-8m) with an armoured head and robust fins. Had a metre long and huge gaping mouth, filled with 15cm long teeth. It lurked in deeper water swamps during the Carboniferous period, around 340 million years ago. Berybolcensis leptacanthus: A small (12cm) fish with large eyes, inhabiting deeper waters during the Eocene, around 50 million years ago.Mene rhombeus: A small (20cm), common, deep bodied fish, part of the near-shore reef ecology during the Eocene period, around 50 million years ago.Carcharocles megalodon: The largest (18m) shark to have ever existed, with a 3.5 metre gaping mouth filled with 25cm teeth. It inhabited near-off shore environments, but possessed the ability to venture into estuaries or near shore, feeding on whales, sharks and even other Megalodons. Fossil teeth are common and have been found worldwide, indicating its global distribution in the Pliocene period, around 3 million years ago.Hoplopteryx lewesiensis: A small (27cm) short snouted fish with large eyes. Hoplopteryx lived in the near-shore shallow seas during the Cretaceous period, around 80 million years ago.
The Landscape at Temple Newsam leedsmuseums 2016-07-15 | The story behind the landscape of the park and gardens at the Temple Newsam estate. Curator Emeritus James Lomax reveals how the grounds at this country house have changed over time and the influence of celebrity landscape designer Capability Brown.This film was made as part of the Visioning the Landscape exhibition (May - October 2016) at Temple Newsam House.
The Gallery at Temple Newsam House leedsmuseums 2016-04-06 | Explore the Gallery at Temple Newsam in this video revealing hidden features within this amazing space.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
Girl Guides Senior Section film leedsmuseums 2016-02-27 | One hundred years ago, the Girl Guides Senior Section was founded for young women aged 16 to 25. In this specially commissioned film, memories are shared by both past and present Senior Section members. Discover the Leeds Sea Rangers who sailed on Roundhay Park Lake, despite being over 70 miles inland!This film was created for a fascinating new exhibition at Abbey House Museum, a collaboration with Girlguiding Leeds, exploring the story of The Senior Section in Leeds.
Magmatic Processes leedsmuseums 2016-01-18 | This animation helps to visualise the three major magmatic processes: Oceanic subduction and associated volcanism; Continental rifting and associated volcanism; Ontogeny, with the latter added hydrology cycle.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
The Chinese Drawing Room at Temple Newsam House leedsmuseums 2015-08-19 | One of the most famous rooms at Temple Newsam is Lady Hertford’s Chinese Drawing Room. The walls are hung with a delightful Chinese hand-painted wallpaper depicting a terraced garden with the sky full of exotic birds. It was given to Lady Hertford, the eldest daughter of Lord Irwin of Temple Newsam, in 1806 by the Prince Regent when he visited the house and began his close friendship with her. 20 years later, after finally putting it up, Lady Hertford added more birds cut out from her copy of Audubon’s famous book The Birds of America to make it even more lively. The film looks at this in detail as well as some of the original furniture now returned to the room. The Chinese drawing room and Audubon’s Birds of America were used to engage family learners in a project about images of birds around Temple Newsam House. With grateful thanks to both Jan Wells and Dean Hinchcliffe for their expertise in producing these films.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
The George Pyke Clock leedsmuseums 2015-08-19 | The film explores the workings of the magnificent musical clock and automaton made by the royal clockmaker George Pyke in 1765. It is one of the great treasures of Temple Newsam and was comprehensively restored in 2014 and brought back into full working order for the enjoyment of our visitors. We see how the automata spring into action when the hour is struck and one of the eight popular tunes begins to play from the concealed barrel organ. Figures begin to dance, musicians to play, windmills and watermills to turn, animals chase each other and ships sail away into the horizon. The Pyke Clock has been inspiration for the Osmondthorpe Creative Writing group, based in East Leeds, to produce poetry and prose. Their work is exhibited beside the clock at the bottom of the Oak Staircase at Temple Newsam and is also part of The Common Threads 2 Exhibition at Armley Industrial Museum from September to the end of November 2015.With grateful thanks to both Jan Wells and Dean Hinchcliffe for their expertise in producing these films.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
Leeds Hindu Temple - A film for Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2014-11-06 | In this film we visit the Leeds Hindu Temple on Alexander Road in the Hyde Park/Burley area of Leeds. The priest, Pandit Omresh Pandey, the chairman Niranjan Vakharia, and the secretary, Chiragi Solanki were filmed at Leeds Hindu Mandir on 9 January 2014, and are shown alongside film of the celebration of the festival of Holi on 16 March 2014. The chairman sets the scene by describing immigration from South Asia to the UK in the 1950s, and why many Hindus came to Yorkshire to work in the textile mills, which had a high labour demand. At first people worshipped in their own homes, and then this temple was developed from the 1960s. A previous chair, Mr Shah, drove forward the plans to incorporate authentic Hindu architecture. The main priest, Pandit Omresh Pandey, has been here for 14 years. He conducts the aarti ceremony before the altars with the different deity figures, and talks about the core meanings of the Hindu faith. God is one but people believe in the many different faces of God. The conch shell is blown, and the deities are offered sound, light, fire, scent, water and food, all relating to the five basic elements of fire, wind, water, space and earth. Chiragi Solanki talks about her more personal relationship with the deity Lord Krishna, as a teacher and an embodimentof divine love. She also mentions the main festival celebrations of Navratri, Janmasthani, and Holi, speaking against the backdrop of the congregation celebrating Holi with its bonfire and playful throwing of coloured powder. This is a Faith in Focus film for Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum.Produced by Digifish.tv , for the Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum.Directed, filmed and edited by Paul Banks. Camera assistants Ollie Bostock and Tom Dunderdale. Voice-over by Seetal Gahir. Motion graphics by Mathew Clarke using artwork by Upasana Sonigra. Funded by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Gold - A film for Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2014-11-06 | The Harehills area of Leeds has many shops that sell pure gold jewellery. Mr Ashok Mason, a Goldsmith & Jewellers in Harehills, was filmed in his shop on 28 January 2014. He talks about his family business and the importance of 22 and 24 carat gold jewellery to the South Asian Communities. From the gift of a tiny bracelet to a new born baby, followed by more gifts at 2 and a half, 5 or 6 and 16 years age, gold jewellery is given by your nearest relatives and sponsors. The most elaborate sets are presented to engaged couples and brides. Gold jewellery carries messages of family support and relationship links, as well as acting as a reserve savings fund, should the owner need to cash them in, for funds during emergencies, or a major life-time purchase, such as a first house. Kerandeep Kaur Virdee, of South Asian Arts UK, treasures her wedding jewellery from 1986. She shows us some of the gold jewellery she was given by parents and other relatives for her engagement and wedding, and explains its importance and meaning to her. She chose the contrast of green enamel and gold because of its appearance in a recent Bollywood film. In this interview, recorded on 11 March 2014 she also discusses the possible re-use or transformation of this gold jewellery in the future for the wedding of her daughter. The film then concludes with Ashok Mason demonstrating a repair of a gold chain in his workshop, and confirming his love of his jewellery work, and the way his business serves the South Asian community. Produced by Digifish.tv for the Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum. Directed, filmed and edited by Paul Banks. Camera Assistant Ollie Bostock. Voice-over by Seetal Gahir. Motion graphics by Mathew Clarke using artwork by Upasana Sonigra. Funded by the Arts Council, England, and Leeds City Council..
Dancing Gods - A film for Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2014-11-06 | Indian classical dance forms combine movement and story-telling. Stories, characters and emotions are told through hand gestures known as mudras, which also appear on traditional Hindu deity sculptures. Here the Bharatnatyam dancer, Dilrani Kaur, shows you the gestures, which are explained by Seetal Gahir, another dancer and dance teacher, so you can try them yourself. The gesture lessons are interleaved with images of the same mudras on deity figures in the Leeds Museums and Galleries collections. The gestures demonstrated are: Namaste, used for greeting others politely in Indian culture, where you put your hands together, sideways on at chest height, and then bow slightly. Katakamukaha, Rama hero of the Ramayana, fights with his bow and arrow to rescue Sita from the demon Ravanna. This gesture can imitate the holding of the arrow. It is combined with Shikara, where you roll the four fingers of your left hand in, and stick your thumb up, and use this to hold the bow firmly. Pataka is a simple hand gesture that can show Vishnu’s gesture of blessing. It involves holding both hands palm upwards, squashing all four fingers together and tucking your thumb in. Now bless down with hands in the front and on both sides. Krishna’s flute playing, Krishna’s flute playing, Krishna plays a key role in the Mahbharata epic, and is famous for his sweet flute playing. Combining Katakamukaha and another hand position you appear to play the flute like Krishna. Produced by Digifish.tv for the Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum. Filming on 5 March 2014 at York Studios. Directed, filmed and edited by Paul Banks. Camera assistant Ollie Bostock. Voice-over by Seetal Gahir. Motion graphics by Mathew Clarke with titles using artwork by Upasana Sonigra. Funded by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Bhangra Beat - A film for Voices of Asia at Leeds City Museum leedsmuseums 2014-11-06 | Inder ‘Goldfinger’ Matharu, the famous drummer and musician, teaches us how to play Bhangra rythms on the dhol drum from India. He was filmed at the King’s Hall in Ilkley on 27 February 2014, and talks about the drum’s history, and the basic drumming technique, before putting the bhangra beat together in easy stages. The body of the dhol drum is made from mango tree wood and the thicker of the two membranes or skins is usually made of goat skin. The thick membrane makes the base note, and the thinner one a higher note. Two different sticks or beaters are used. The thin taper-like stick is called a tilli, and the thick wooden stick is called dagga. With the tilli on different parts of the thin membrane you make the Ta, Tin, Ti and Te sound. With the dagga you make the deeper enforcing Ga and Ge sounds. The first rhythm demonstrated is a count of 6 using the tilli, followed by 2 beats with the dagga. You have a go! Then Inder shows us a fast count of 3 using the tilli, followed by the 2 slow beats with the dagga. The two alternate to produce basic bhangra beat. Follow him to make the sound yourself. Bhangra is based on celebration and fun – this is how it’s done! Four dancers from the Trishool Dance Academy come on stage to perform with Inder. Produced by Digifish.tv for the Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum. Directed, filmed and edited by Paul Banks. Camera assistant Ollie Bostock. Motion graphics by Mathew Clarke with titles using artwork by Upasana Sonigra. Funded by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Welcome to Leeds Museums and Galleries YouTube channel leedsmuseums 2014-10-28 | Our YouTube channel showcases some of our recent work with collections and communities in Leeds. If you would like to get involved too, check out our website.
Flexible sandstone leedsmuseums 2014-10-07 | A strange rock that flexes due to voids and interlocking quartz within it.
Harrison precision-pendulum clock no. 2 leedsmuseums 2014-02-24 | Matthew Read, Clocks Programme Tutor at West Dean College, getting the Harrison precision-pendulum clock no. 2 working during a visit to Leeds Museum Discovery Centre in October 2010. Filmed by Ian Fraser, Conservator, for Leeds Museums & Galleries
Volunteering with Leeds Museums and Galleries leedsmuseums 2013-09-11 | What's it like volunteering with Leeds Museums and Galleries? Some of our textiles and conservation volunteers share their experiences and tell us what they love about volunteering. The background music in this clip is Joyful and Ceremonial by Paul Martin Pritchard.
Bubble Tea from Taiwan leedsmuseums 2013-05-29 | Bubble tea is a special tea that is really fashionable in Taiwan. It contains tapioca 'black pearl' balls that you suck up through a large straw.Watch Estelle make this tea and share it with her friends at the University of Leeds intercultural ambassadors group.Estelle is a student from Taiwan who is studying at the University of Leeds on the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies course. She has made these three short films as part of her placement with Leeds Museums and Galleries. She got her friends from the University of Leeds Intercultural Ambassadors group to taste Bubble Tea from Taiwan and give their opinions on film. She was also filmed cooking Sweet Sour Fish herself, and filmed her friend Takaaki Goto making Sushi.Transcription disclaimer(Please note: the transcription provided for this film is a work in progress. Please let us know if you spot any errors by commenting below or emailing us at web@leeds.gov.uk)
