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Writer & curator Laura Guy in conversation with Margaret Salmon, one of Britain's most vital cinema artists. Recorded on 29 September 2021.
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Margaret Salmon's latest work, Icarus (after Amelia) (2021), is a quasi-anthropological study of female labour in contemporary Britain, shot against the backdrop of the pandemic which has exacerbated gender inequality. The film had an acclaimed World Premiere as the Opening Night film of the Open City Documentary Festival just this month. An earlier work by Salmon (Bird) was commissioned in 2016 as part of The Artist Cinema. A 6-minute capsule of natural wonder shot on 35mm, Bird is a visual and aural riff on the pioneering films of the Children’s Film Fund producer/director Mary Field.
This event is a continuation of The Artist Cinema collaboration between the ICO and LUX. In 2006, 2010 and 2016 the ICO and LUX embarked on an experiment in placing artist moving image films before commercial films in the cinema. It was a unique project which brought leading visual artists’ work onto the big screen in a subversive and playful way, each film was made specifically made to enthuse, excite and seduce audiences in different ways. Between 2006, 2010 and 2016 we commissioned 15 films from now established visual artists including Margaret Salmon, Gabriel Abrantes, Phil Collins, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Manon de Boer, Rosalind Nashashibi and Amar Kanwar. We reached a collective audience of 234,951 people in cinemas UK-wide.
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Writer & curator Laura Guy in conversation with Margaret Salmon, one of Britain's most vital cinema artists. Recorded on 29 September 2021.
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Margaret Salmon's latest work, Icarus (after Amelia) (2021), is a quasi-anthropological study of female labour in contemporary Britain, shot against the backdrop of the pandemic which has exacerbated gender inequality. The film had an acclaimed World Premiere as the Opening Night film of the Open City Documentary Festival just this month. An earlier work by Salmon (Bird) was commissioned in 2016 as part of The Artist Cinema. A 6-minute capsule of natural wonder shot on 35mm, Bird is a visual and aural riff on the pioneering films of the Children’s Film Fund producer/director Mary Field.
This event is a continuation of The Artist Cinema collaboration between the ICO and LUX. In 2006, 2010 and 2016 the ICO and LUX embarked on an experiment in placing artist moving image films before commercial films in the cinema. It was a unique project which brought leading visual artists’ work onto the big screen in a subversive and playful way, each film was made specifically made to enthuse, excite and seduce audiences in different ways. Between 2006, 2010 and 2016 we commissioned 15 films from now established visual artists including Margaret Salmon, Gabriel Abrantes, Phil Collins, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Manon de Boer, Rosalind Nashashibi and Amar Kanwar. We reached a collective audience of 234,951 people in cinemas UK-wide.
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![Right of Way - Official Trailer [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mn9C3eBapY8/mqdefault.jpg "Right of Way - Official Trailer [CC]
We’re told we all have a right to roam in the countryside – but does that apply to everyone equally?
Right of Way is a new feature-length touring programme that mixes stunning new artists’ commissions with historical archive films that give a bigger picture of questions of access and inclusion in the UK countryside.
Read more and find a screening near you: https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/films/right-of-way/
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Right of Way features three new short films that challenge the enduring image of the rural idyll as an untouched and unchanging space where time stands still. What happens when Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse people enter these landscapes? How can our natural spaces be homes to protest, trespassing, activism and raves? Paired with archive films that show that the life of the countryside contains multitudes and disrupt simple narratives, this programme is a terrific platform for debate on historical and contemporary discussions about who has a right to the great outdoors and who is excluded from it.
NEW COMMISSIONS
black strangers - Directed by Dan Guthrie
Pastoral Malaise - Directed by Ufuoma Essi
Syncopated Green - Directed by Arjuna Neuman
Archive material provided courtesy of the BFI National Archive, East Anglian Film Archive, Wessex Film Archive and Screen Archive South East.
Right of Way is presented by the ICO and LUX and supported by the BFI Film Audience Network and Arts Council England.")
