Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival

Sunday 10th of March 2013 at 1:30pm at Abbeygate Picturehouse (Bury St Edmunds)

Smiths Row and the Cambridge Super 8 Group in association with Abbeygate Picturehouse in Bury St Edmunds near Cambridge will present a new work by Swiss art-collective MOBILESKINO.

La Tête Infernale is a film installation that celebrates the early cinema trickery of French pioneer Georges Méliès. In the tradition of the Kinetoscope,  viewers can look inside a peephole and see a 3D effect moving-image of Méliès’ head preserved in a glass bottle. The illusion is created  entirely with 19th century stage magic tricks and Super 8 film; and without the use of CGI or any hidden digital components.

MOBILESKINO is a collective of artists, animators, film-technicians and sound designers. The group’s projects occupy the space between digital and analogue media. Conducting research in the field of interactive environments, the group combines mechanical and electronic technologies to build art machines and installations.

Méliès was an illusionist and pioneer in early cinema special effects such as the ‘stop trick’ and hand colouring. His most famous film A Trip to the Moon (1902) is regarded as the first science fiction movie.

Three Soups – ” Black and white processing super 8 workshop with coffee and more “

Dagie Brundert has a growing reputation as a Super 8 alchemist. We are lucky to have her visit us in Bury St. Edmunds from Berlin to lead this unique workshop in Super 8 film-making and processing using 3 different recipes using low cost domestic ingredients such as coffee, tea and red wine or beer.

This is one of a series of weekend workshops during the Flicker exhibition. The ticket price covers:

•  tuition for 2x days
•  camera and processing equipment
•  materials
•  refreshments

For bookings and further information contact: enquiries@smithsrow.org

To find out more about Dagie’s films : www.dagiebrundert.de  

Where: Bury St Edmunds (near Cambridge) from 10am to 5pm

All you need to know about the workshop : http://www.wabisabisuper8.com/Burye.html

Derek Jarman – A Life in Super 8 -Saturday 16th February – 6pm

At Abbeygate Picturehouse in Bury St Edmunds

Glitterbug
1994 | UK | 60 mins
Prod: James Mackay

Derek Jarman (1942-1994) was one of the most important figures in postwar 20th Century British cinema, though over the course of a remarkable career,he maintained a prolific creative output which overlapped into many other realms including stage design, painting, writing and gardening. 

 We are delighted to welcome the acclaimed director’s long time friend and collaborator James Mackay to introduce a rare screening of Glitterbug (1994) – a montage of Jarman’s Super 8 shorts and personal footage set to an original soundtrack by Brian Eno.

 After the screening, Tony Clarke from the Cambridge Super 8 Group will lead a short conversation and Q&A with James Mackay.

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 Sunday 17th February 2013 at 6:30pm- Free screening

where: upstairs room at Number 4, Hatter Street in Bury St Edmunds (next to the Picturehouse)

Open screen. You may have some Super 8 films you made, bring them along. We will show films from our BnW workshop and from our Cambridge Super 8 collection. Come and join us for a nice and relaxing Sunday evening. Meet some of the people who made the films at the screening.

More info 

Deadline for registration is Monday the 11th of February – 5pm

At Smiths Row gallery (Bury st Edmunds) on Friday 1st of February / 1:00pm-1:45pm /Donations

Tony Clarke from the Cambridge Super 8 Group is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to the subject of Super 8! Come and hear him talk about the history of Super 8 film and what makes it so special.

Our 8-week exhibition starts this week. The full programme can be downloaded here .

This week, don’t miss Kyle Whitehead’s installation ‘Circle of confusion‘ for a few days only. Kyle will perform daily from 4:30pm to 5:00pm on
Monday the 21st of January
Tuesday the 22nd of January
Wednesday the 23rd of January

Bums On Seats 05/01/2013

  Sarah McIntosh investigates FLICKER: ARTISTS AND SUPER 8, an ambitious exhibition of  Super  8 art and installations, taking place at the Smiths Row gallery in Bury St Edmunds from the 19th January. It comes in at around 28 minutes in and lasts for about 8 mins Listen here