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.

One Minute Volume Eleven
curated by Kerry Baldry

will be screening at :
Close-Up Film Centre
97 Sclater Street
London E1 6HR
on Thursday 26th September  at 8.15pm

Since 2006, Amy Dickson, Jennifer Nightingale and Mary Stark have been creating new links between experimental cinema and textile practices through their individual practice-based research projects. The selection of films and expanded cinema performances that they will show at Close-Up look to generate a dialogue around themes of craft, community, technology and the way different media measure time. Unique processes and artistic networks are central to their shared interests.