SATURDAY 03 NOVEMBER – SUNDAY 20 JANUARY 2008 11AM – 6PM
PREVIEW: FRIDAY 02 NOVEMBER 7PM - 9PM
Ori Gersht explores landscapes embedded with both personal and historic resonance in his stunning film The Forest and photographic series The Clearing.
Israeli-born Gersht voyages through his family history exploring his prehistoric forest of the Carpathian Mountains where some of his relatives found harsh haven from Nazi persecution.
Encountering an evocative landscape shrouded in history and the horrors of the past, The Forest is powerful and moving, culminating in an act of destruction of breaking timbers and branches. The film’s strength contrasts with the mystical journey of The Clearing, enhanced by Gersht’s manipulation of colour, density and image.
The Forest was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in association with The Photographers’ Gallery, London, with support from Arts Council England. With additional thanks to CRG Gallery, New York, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles and Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv and Mummery + Schnelle www.mummeryschnelle.com
Related Events
Book Launches in association with Beyond Words
Scottish Photography: A History by Tom Normand
THURSDAY 08 NOVEMBER 6.30PM FREE
Join us as we launch a landmark publication that places Scottish photographs in their international context. Tom Normand will give an illustrated talk on how Scotland was instrumental in the invention of photography, and how photography is developing in Scotland today.
Slate, Sea and Sky, poems by Norman Bissell and photos by Oscar Marzaroli, and Nort Atlantik Drift poems, and photos by Robert Alan Jamieson.
THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 6.30PM FREE
Scotland is reflected afresh in Slate, Sea and Sky, a journey of contrast from urban Glasgow to the rural islands of Argyll, and Nort Atlantik Drift, a perspective on Shetland’s many faces – remote, timeless, moving and wild. A poetry reading by Norman Bissell and Robert Alan Jamieson will accompany thematic images by Oscar Marzaroli and Jamieson to create a powerful portrait of Scotland.
Please see www.beyondwords.co.uk for more details.
Scottish Photographers: Portfolio Session
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 7 - 9PM
An open forum for lens-based artists of all levels. If you would like to join the discussion and/or present a recent project, please e-mail madeleineshepherd@yahoo.co.uk
Cockburn Street Cinema
FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER – MONDAY 07 JANUARY FREE
Cockburn Street Cinema is back for the festive period. Throughout the long, dark evenings we will be screening an exciting programme of artists film directly onto our windows, viewed from Cockburn Street. Please see www.stills.org for details.
Coming Soon: Walden
WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY – SATURDAY 03 FEBRUARY
Walden is a performance inspired by Henry Thoreau’s book describing his experience of living in a hut in the woods by the shore of Walden Pond in mid – 19th Century Massachusetts. Walden is created by theatre company Magnetic North
in collaboration with visual artists Sans Façon supported by Stills.
Please see www.magneticnorth.org.uk for more details.
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