Mark and Jo live in Leeds and Chris lived there for eight years so this date was a bit of a homecoming gig for us and it certainly didn't dissapoint.
We were part of the excellent Leeds International Film Festival which is truly a gem in the festival circuit and lasts for three weeks every year as a public (not industry) festival meaning the screenings are as inclusive and economical as possible. We were part of Cherry Kino's programme which is curated and run by our friend Martha Jurksaitis who previously was part of EXP24 with Mark, Jo and Chris and were given an excellent gallery space all to ourselves at Gallery 42 next to local haunts, North Bar and Sela Bar.
We were also aided by a great write up before the workshop by Leeds' culture blog theculturevulture.co.uk which certainly helped us in being so well attended. Readers of the invaluable cops and robbers messageboard were also high in attendence. Thanks to Claire Circuit for all her help in this!!!
We ended the day by attending the Constellations festival where a special installation of Chris's video work had been created to be shown alongside bands such as Liars, Four Tet and Les Savy Fav.
Thanks Leeds - you never disappoint!
Ahh thanks, that was lovely of you to say. I am just glad we didn't miss it. We had a lot of fun.
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