Thursday 30 December 2010

Unravel - creating the longest hand painted film in Britain!


Come along and help to create the longest hand painted film in Britain!

Unravel comes to Hull Saturday 15th January 11 - 4pm at The Museum of Club Culture, 10 Humber Street, Fruitmarket, Hull.

Winner of the Deutsche Bank Award for Art at the Royal College of Art 2010, Unravel is an epic project that will create a hand painted film that correlates in length with the 874 miles between John O'Groats and Land's End - taking each metre between these two edges of mainland Britain as a ratio to equal one frame of 16mm film.

In collaboration with over twenty national and international film festivals across England, Scotland and Wales Unravel are holding touring workshops aiming to amass an epic sixteen hour film that will be created and manipulated by hand, by a diverse demographic of the people of Britain.

Free of charge and open to all, the Unravel team are looking to involve as many local communities as possible - from young children and families to experienced film veterans!

Unravel aims to turn the viewer into the maker of the work in a literal 'hands-on' way.

We hope that these events will be as entertaining, informative and inspiring introduction to film making, providing an informal setting for people to interact with each other as much as the project.

Formed by Maria Anastassiou and Chris Paul Daniels whilst studying at the Royal College of Art, Unravel is also comprised of OKO Lab of Leeds (Mark Pickles and Jo Byrne) and, Manchester based, Kelvin Brown.

Saturday 11 December 2010

'Keeping The Faith' Northern Soul photography exhibition


'Keeping The Faith' an exhibition of Northern Soul photography by John Barrett is now on show at The Museum of Club Culture and is open to the public on Thursdays 6-9pm and Saturdays and Sundays 11am-5.30pm (or by appointment) and will run until the end of January. Free entry.
Hull Daily Mail says 'its a must' and we do too!

Thursday 2 December 2010


'Keeping the Faith' exhibition preview of John Barrett's photographs of The Northern Soul Scene in the UK is on Friday Dec 3, 7pm - 9pm. This exhibitions runs until 23rd December. Open Thursday nights 5-9pm, Saturdays and Sundays 10.30pm to 6pm.

John Barrett has been documenting the UK soul scene through a range of black and white and colour photography. This rare collection provides a true insight into the most endearing and idiosyncratic UK dance scenes which continues to survive, uninterrupted since the1960s'

Ted Polhemus talk cancelled

Unfortunately, due to the bad weather conditions causing road and rail disruptions Ted Polhemus's talk has been cancelled. It will however, be re-scheuled in January.