Into the Mothlight Podcast

Cinematic outlaws. Artists, archival agitators and analogue alchemists exploring the found and the forgotten. Lydia Beilby of the Edinburgh and Melbourne-based collective Screen Bandita.

This time we are in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to visit the Hands on Film Lab with its founder Leah Millar. We join Leah for a tour of the lab, take a look at some of the facilities and talk to her about her love of photochemical film.

Artists Daniel Fawcett & Clara Pais have been collaborating since 2011 on moving image work, performance and photography. Since meeting they have worked exclusively together seeing themselves as two halves of a single artist. In this episode they talk about their working practice, being present in their work, their ongoing exploration of mythology and their latest 'studio diaries' project.

Dr Richard Ashrowan is a moving image artist and film curator. He has been Creative Director of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Scotland since 2010 and was curator for Scotland + Venice at the Venice Art Biennale 2017. In this episode he talks about shooting on 16mm film, the joys of filming in an isolated landscape and his love for his love of Tarkovsky and Brakhage.

An interview with experimental artist and auteur Andrew Kötting on his new film Lek and the Dogs, his approach to filmmaking, his experience of shooting in the Atacama desert and the use of archive and found footage in his work.

This time we hear from Lux Scotland Director Nicole Yip on her journey into the moving image, approach as a curator, the work of Lux in Scotland and their aim to nurture and support artists working in the moving image in Scotland.

An interview with renowned visual artist Jacques Perconte where we discuss his work, his approach to and manipulation of the digital image, and filmmaker Stan Brakhage. His work '29 Minutes at Sea' was shown at the 2018 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. The description of the work gives little away as to it's impact. "Because of this violence, the image bleeds. But the red does not remain on...

An interview with Ann Arbor Film Festival Executive Director Leslie Raymond. We talk to Lesley about her journey to the job of ED, the importance of encouraging artists, advice to filmmakers submitting to festivals, David Lynch and her interest in honouring the history of video art.

This time an interview with Caitlin and Andrew - British/Canadian artist filmmakers who go under the title Webb-Ellis. They work in film, installation, and performance and are currently resident artists at Crescent Arts in Scarborough. You’ll hear about their creative processes, how they translate ideas into moving images, the importance of research and their new work Inheritors.

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In this episode a conversation with Anne Rushing, Creative Director at Pop Up! Scotland about the Undependence Film Festival. We talk about how the festival came about, the planning that goes into making it a success, the team of people you need around you to run a professional event and some of the highlights of this year's festival.

Episode one, with multimedia artist Kerry Jones.

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