With support from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and Lightcone, Disassociative Productions presents The Death Spiral Tour featuring M Woods’ three critically acclaimed feature films, Dailies from Dumpland, Body Prop, and Commodity Trading. As part of this programme Close-Up is delighted to welcome M Woods to present Commodity Trading: Dies Irae and participate in a post-screening Q&A with Mikka Woods.

Commodity Trading: Dies Irae
M Woods, 2022, 87 min

Curated by Matt Feldman and Syd Farrington, In Our Sleep brings together the work of 8 artists for a screening of films presented on 16mm. The films offer a unique approach to 16mm filmmaking in their consideration of landscape, domestic space and media as a means of addressing notions of ‘Place’. Through reflections on light, magic, death and dreams, each film considers the importance of what remains unseen and beyond the surface of image.

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Curated by artist / filmmaker Kerry Baldry this programme of experimental works thoughtfully engages with the concept of time in cinema, challenging traditional narratives and exploring how much can be conveyed within sixty seconds. The programmes showcase an eclectic mix of work from artists at various stages of their careers, ranging from award-winning filmmakers to recent graduates.

Since August 2024, Close-Up has been presenting these 12 volumes in reverse order, offering a unique retrospective that invites viewers to explore the evolution of this extensive project.

“Only when I was singing did I feel loved... to sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.” –  Maria Callas

In MARIA, a new experimental film by Nina Danino, Maria Callas is seen in recordings of different performances – Norma, Tosca, Medea.  She is transfigured in an audio-visual iconostasis (a wall of icons) of different archive formats and newly shot footage. Maria is a hypnotic, cinematic and transcendent vision of an icon, an artist and a woman.