Monday 6th of December at Camberwell College of Arts

We were asked to come and work with MA students at Camberwell College of Arts as part of a series of talks organised by our friend Joana Monteiro.

We were excited to work with the students especially as an occupation of the lecture theatre occurred as a protest against the rise in tutiton fees proposed by the coalition government took place.

The results were suitably studious and we very much enjoyed our day, discussing the project and the logistical planning involved, as well as why we think it is a relevant tool to communicating and integrating with communities across Britain. Thanks Camberwell!

Saturday 4th of December at CINE CITY Brighton Film Festival

We ran a workshop at the Brighton and Hove Museum for CINE CITY, Brighton Film Festival.

This was the first weekend of the heavy snow in the UK and getting the train to Brighton from London was long and busy but was definitely worth it.

We were met with a steady flow of people throughout the day despite the weather, including a very dedicated attendee, Margaret Sharrow who had driven over from Aberystwyth especially! Margaret's blog of her day can be found here with a video of the end results too. 

It was great to be in the heart of Brighton for the day - just opposite the magnificent Royal Pavilion and we later got to check out the Duke of York Cinema - a fantastic old Picturehouse in the city centre.

We were especially pleased to be in the museum just as an exhibition dedicated to the exploration of colour in film opened, with Len Lye's  A Colour Box on display with a great description by the Daily Herald as pictured above. 

It was great to be back in Brighton after filming there in the summer and it was a pleasure to meet so many great people.

Friday 3rd December at Deutsche Bank Head Quarters

This was a great one for us - the Deutsche Bank Head Quarters in the City of London! The Deutsche Bank obviously have been a huge support since our prize-giving for the award from them at the Saatchi Gallery back in June. It was a total pleasure to do a workshop in their head quarters which was organised by Alex Crouch and our mentor Nicholas Muir and despite the snow holding many people back it was a pleasure to meet everyone who came and took part.

We were amazed to be holding the workshop in a huge room filled with original works by Patrick Caulfield. The Deutsche Bank hold one of the biggest private collections of original art and we spotted works by Hockney, Kapoor, Rego, Polke, Hirst and so many more just in the few rooms we went in to. It was great to hold a workshop within a workplace and the workshop was well advertised so people from all sorts of departments from investment bankers to IT workers and PAs came to lend their hand to the giant doodle we are so privileged to be creating. Thanks DBHQ!

Thursday 2nd of December at no.w.here

Our day with no.w.here was one we looked forward to for a while. We'd long known of no.w.here who are a collective that includes the artists Karen Mirza and Brad Butler and who run a ceasless series of workshops, guest lecture series and artists' film events from their base in Bethnal Green, London. It was an honour and privelige for us to be bringing Unravel to the lab and, despite serious weather conditions with heavy snow keeping a lot of people away we met a steady flow of participants, many of whom had developed their own sophisticated techniques in dealing with the materiality of film ,and who donated some of their own work to the project. We were hosted by no.w.here's James Holcombe who was a total pleasure to be in the company of for several hours and we probably learnt more that day than anyone else! 

In a very direct way Unravel has been influenced by the activities of no.w.here through the participation of them running a introductory course to super-8 at Leeds Evolution festival in early 2006 which was responsible for the formation of EXP24, the Leeds based film collective that included Mark, Jo and Chris. Thanks so much to everyone who made it down, braved the cold, and added to our project. A very special day for us! 

UPDATE - Just read a really interesting write up of the project on http://thinkingpractices.wordpress.com/ and the day by Alexa from the thinking practices research group at Westminster University. Alexa is pictured in the centre of the photgraph above and actually introduced us to her technique of using marbling inks which created the beautiful results on the picture above. Many thanks Alexa, hope to see you soon! 

Royal College of Art on Wednesday 1st December

It was a pleasure to be asked to hold a workshop at Royal College of Art during the Communication Art and Design Work in Progress Exhibition. Taking a slot in one of Department 21's interdisciplinary sessions we were joined by staff and students from across the college to create a very quick film followed by a discussion about the project so far. It was great to go back to where this all started and see old friends and was a reminder as to just how far we have travelled since the project started. 

Next few dates

A new date just added on Wednesday 1st December at the Royal College of Art's Work in Progress Show.
Thursday 2nd at no.w.here lab in Bethnal Green, London.
Friday 3rd at the Deutsche Bank Headquarters in Liverpool Street, London.
Saturday 4th in Brighton with Cine City.
and Monday 6th at Camberwell College of Arts.
Last but not least, huddersfield University on wednesday 15th December.
Bookings still being made for early 2011 - if you are interested in helping us run a workshop in your town please contact us by unravelfilm@gmail.com - cheers!

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