Some documentation from our recent screening "All My Dreams Have Come True" at @marabouparken in Stockhölm with artist moving image works from the incredible @stiften.filmform archive.
Artists featured included Billy Klüver, Edy Fung, Lina Selandar, Katarina Löfström, Lars Siltberg and Annika Ström - whose film gave the title to the programme.
Many thanks ~ Många tack to everyone that joined us on Wednesday night, as well as the amazing staff at Marabouparken and Filmform...and massive thank you to @edyfung to make this project possible! 🎥 🎞 🎛
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More on our collaborators:
Marabouparken konsthall presents contemporary art which reflects the human's conditions in today's society and in history.
Filmform - active since 1950 - is an organisation dedicated to preservation, promotion and worldwide distribution of Swedish/Sweden-based experimental film and video art.
Edy Fung is a post-disciplinary artist who explores (im)material realities of information and creates research-oriented intermedia art projects.
Supported by the @artscouncilni
En filmvisning med Filmform, curaterad av Soft Fiction Projects på Marabouparken onsdagen den 26 mars med start kl 18.
All My Dreams Have Come True reflekterar kring skärningspunkten mellan teknologi och det mänskliga tillståndet genom den spekulativa fiktionens synsätt. Utgångspunkten är Billy Klüvers Disney-lika animerade undervisningsfilm från 1950-talet, där elektronernas rörelser förklaras för en bredare publik. Edy Fungs visuella och auditiva spekulativa fiktion som berör silikonbaserade livsformer och deras utveckling bygger vidare på animationen. Åskådaren förs tillbaka till miljöer i en mer mänsklig skala – från den Kievska landsbygdens månliknande vinterlandskap till fossiler – Lina Selanders Lenin’s Lamp Glows in the Peasant’s Hut presenterar fler lager av narrativ, med sin början i kärnkraftsolyckan i Tjernobyl i Ukraina 1986. I kontrast undersöker Katarina Löfströms immersivt hypnotiska verk A Void och Chronos – Kronos den fysiska upplevelsen av rum (eller, avsaknaden av det) och tid via färg, animation, ljud och abstraktion. Visusomatic av Lars Siltberg, filmad i ett laboratorium för fysikforskning erbjuder i sin tur metoder för intensiv observation genom ett ”ultra-high vacuum”-system (UHV) som används för att rensa luften i de små kammare där forskning på substanser mindre än luftpartiklar sker. Programmet avslutas med Annika Ströms poetiska verk All My Dreams Have Come True, där upprepade försök och misstag blandas med värmen och intimiteten i personliga relationer, vilket kanske anspelar på begränsningarna och komplexiteten i den mänskliga naturen.
FILMPROGRAM
Billy Klüver, Motion of Electrons, 1952, 14:38 min
Edy Fung, Siliconic Superhighway, 2023, 17:33 min
Lina Selander, Lenin’s Lamp Glows in the Peasant’s Hut, 2011, 24:13 min
Katarina Löfström, A Void, 2013, 8:36 min
Katarina Löfström, Chronos – Kronos, 2023, 8:20 min
Lars Siltberg, Visusomatic, 2003, 19:26 min
Annika Ström, All My Dreams Have Come True, 2004, 1:40 min
Total speltid: 95 min
Biljettpris: 100 kr. Bokas via Marabouparkens hemsida
A Manifesto for the Alleys with Soft Fiction Projects
We wanted The Manifesto design and print process to align with 9ft in Common, so we invited @softfictionprojects to bring the words to life 🙌🏻 They will produce a limited edition A3 print that attendees of the Manifesto Launch and contributors to the programme this year will receive.
Quick, snap up those final few tickets… or keep an eye on social media as we will also release a digital copy.
Soft Fiction Projects is an artist run initiative founded in 2018 by artists Alessia Cargnelli and Emily McFarland.
Soft Fiction Projects is based in Northern Ireland and it is dedicated to produce digital and printed matter on film and artist moving image culture. The printed project acts as a forum for presenting new collaborations, artworks, research and writing from invited artists and contributors.
Revisiting recent history in moving image practices, Soft Fiction Projects research focus is an exploration of underrepresented voices, oppositional histories, geopolitical narratives underpinned by intersectional feminist perspectives which challenge and reframe dominant hegemonic power structures.
A Manifesto for the Alleys is a commission by @belfast2024 and it is supported by @heritagefunduk
What A Way to Make a Living!
We had an incredible day of collective experimentation with our beloved RISO printer yesterday. Thank you so much to our amazing artists participants for deep-diving into our DIY-approach to RISO and creating amazing bi-colour editions.
And as always, many thanks to @pssquaredbelfast for supporting us and to Belfast City Council Small Grants for funding the workshops.
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The workshop was part of "What a Way to Make a Living", a new programme strand aims to offer practical support to eight artists based in Northern Ireland who are low-or-no-waged. The 2022 Freelands Artist Programme Artists’ Livelihoods Survey revealed that only 9% of participants’ income from their art practice since 2020 came from sales. We also know, from the 2018 Changing Arts and Minds Report, that artists are three times more likely than the general population to suffer mental ill-health due to factors including poverty and a lack of opportunities.
Through this programme, selected artists developed skills in RISO printing with Soft Fiction Projects, and subsequently will undertake one-to-one sessions with Curator and Uphold co-initiator Ciara Hickey to explore new ways of creating sellable work.
Participants were offered a stipend to cover access, travel, childcare or other costs associated with attending the two sessions.
#RISO #risography #risoworkshop #artistled #artistseditions #softfictionprojects #softfictionpriniting
Last weekend at @ulstermuseum - “Art & Poetry: Ekphrastic Ethics in the Gallery Space”. It was a pleasure to work with poets, painters, essayists, researchers, photographers, performance artists (and more!) for an afternoon of interdisciplinary conversation and experimentation. We talked about the possibilities of ekphrasis, learnt from each others’ practices, and worried about the grapes about to fall off the table in Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”. We also had the great privilege of being guided by @softfictionprojects to make collages in response to Anne Carson - a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Thank you to the British Art Network @paulmelloncentr for supporting this opportunity to have fun with art and poetry and see where they can take us.
This workshop was supported by the British Art Network (BAN). BAN is a Subject Specialist Network supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, with additional public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The Network promotes curatorial research, practice and theory in the field of British Art. Its members include curators, academics, artist-researchers, conservators, producers and programmers at all stages of their professional lives.
We are really looking forward to our upcoming trip to Dublin on Wednesday 25th October, to launch a new set of printed editions made in collaboration with the @belfastfeministfilmschool alumni in response to the film "Scuola Senza Fine" (1983) by Adriana Monti.
The event is part of the current exhibition at @projectartscentre "Long time we’ve been working / Tamall fada atá muid ag obair". Thank you @saragreavu for inviting us!
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More info below:
Posted @withregram • @projectartscentre 💭 🎞️ As part of the Public Programme for the current exhibition “Long time we’ve been working / Tamall fada atá muid ag obair”, we are delighted to announce 2 events. The first one is:
𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙘𝙪𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙯𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚 (𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙙), launch with @softfictionprojects ; introductions by Charlotte Procter of @cinenovadistribution and Alice Butler from @aemi_ie .
🆓 Free, ticketed: Link in bio @projectartscentre
🗓️25 Oct
⏰ 6.30 pm (90mins)
“𝙎𝙘𝙪𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙯𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚”explores the lives of women in a worker-union-sponsored adult education program. Soft Fiction Projects, co-created by Alessia Cargnelli and Emily McFarland, presents a Riso-printed poster workshop after the screening.
Charlotte Procter, a Cinenova member and co-curator of our exhibition, will give insights into feminist film preservation. Cinenova is a volunteer-run organization preserving and distributing feminist films and videos.
Image Description:
Image of hands at work, cutting a section of an image from a black and white photocopy. The hands have pale skin and nails painted with a design in peach and black. They hold a craft knife and brace the photocopy on a green cutting mat on a table of OSB. A Sharpie marker is visible to the side.
Today is the final day to visit Gintlíocht, an exhibition of contemporary artwork centred around the theme of heritage, skills and crafts at the @ulsterfolkmuseum , curated by @myspecialistsubject as part of August Craft Month and @linenaliveni .
Every artist contribution is hosted across the various vernacular spaces of the Folk Museum. You can find us at Baird's Print Shop.
Our contribution "Any plans for women?" is based on our ongoing research on grassroots publishing initiatives, and their link with activism and intersectional feminist-led organising in Belfast.
Thank you @myspecialistsubject for inviting us along with some brilliant Belfast-based artists @emma_breadman@susandorothyhughes@dorothy__hunter@just_the_heifer and artist collaborators @jayne.cherry.1@graciemcm@_gerard_carson_ Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell and Alice Clarke.
Credits: Ulster Museum, photography by @johnny_frazer
Image 1-2: Design developed from Women’s News issue 29, 1987, courtesy of Linenhall Library. Fluorescent Orange Riso Ink on A3 Favini Alga Carta, Soft Fiction Projects 2023.
Image 3-4: Design in response to Women's News numerous articles on housing crisis. Blue Riso Ink on A3 Favini Alga Carta, Soft Fiction Projects 2023.
#ulsterfolkmuseum #risoprinting #riso #gintlíocht #AugustCraftMonth #prints #artistledpublishing #feministpublishing
It's a wrap! ✨
Thank you so much to the wonderful participants of PRINT TEST, our recent RISO DIY workshops - it has been such a fun time learning new tricks, experimenting, and messing up with you all.
Many thanks also to those that express their interest in the workshops!
Lastly, a huge thank you to @mitch_conlon and @pssquaredbelfast for helping us setting up the studio.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming projects - here on IG or on our website, linked in bio.
#risograph #risomania #risoDIYworkshop #softfictionprojects #printingprojects #printingstudio #collectiveinresidency #embracetheerror
PRINT TEST
Riso DIY Workshop with @softfictionprojects
11th May 6-8pm
18th May 6-8pm
@pssquaredbelfast , 11 Rosemary St, Belfast ~ Soft Fiction Projects - Studio (2nd Floor)
We are very excited to announce the first two dates of PRINT TEST: RISO DIY WORKSHOP, taking place at PS2 in our new printing studio on the 11th and 18th of May, 6-8pm.
During the workshop, you will become familiar with the basics of the Risograph printing process and have the chance to produce a small run of A3 prints.
What we provide:
Paper, access to A3 RISO printer and scanner with three inks (black, blue, fluorescent orange), stationary, access to a laptop with Photoshop.
What to bring:
We encourage participants to bring 2D visual materials and ideas for a print design. This can be (but not limited to): a text, a series of images, textures or patterns, drawings. It is preferable if images are printed in B&W on A3-size or A4-size white paper. If you don’t have access to a printer, just share your files via email to [email protected] by Tuesday 10th of May or 17th of May.
If you are unsure about what to bring, don’t worry, you will still be able to attend the workshop and develop your own print design.
The workshops are free of charge. Places are limited and on a first come first serve basis. To sign up please fill out the Google Form linked in bio.
If you have any questions email us at [email protected].
Image credit: NO MAGIC IN RISO Colour Chart, Published by O.OO
#risograph #printingstudio #softfictionprojects #printtest #risographworkshop
📢📢📢 New SFP editions, for your eyes only!
A few months ago, @upholdartni commissioned us to produce a new work to be sold on their platform. We developed a series of Riso prints based on our ongoing research project Making Space.
The editions are now available to buy on @upholdartni website, along with the amazing work of many fellow NI-based artists - check them out before they all sold out!
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About the work:
These editions are part of Making Space , a research project we initiated during a month-long residency at Guest Projects London, in 2019. Re-visiting theoretical research and publicly funded social projects developed by the Matrix Feminist Design Co-Operative, the project explores the origins of a community of women who squatted houses in the Hackney neighbourhood in the late 1970’s. This community had historical importance in providing opportunities, especially for queer women and single mothers, to live autonomously, connecting with wider feminist politics in London and taking control over their immediate build environment. This work is part of an ongoing research project around housing, feminism and urban change in UK and Ireland.
A special thanks to Christine Wall for generously sharing her ongoing research and personal experience.
40% from each sale will be donated to Womens Aid.
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About Uphold:
@upholdartni is a not-for profit online platform promoting and selling work by contemporary artists in Northern Ireland, run by @householdbelfast .
#softfictionprojects #upholdart #upholdartni #householdbelfast #supportlocalartists #newproject
#printedmatter #risograph #risographeditions #artistled
Massive congratulations to the amazing @arraystudios on their Turner Prize 2021 win last night!! Big up to everyone in Array AND so proud of our very own wee gem 💎+ one half of SFP - Alessia Cargnelli 💗💚💛🔥🔥🔥
#Turnerprize2021 #Arraycollective
#Belfast #collectives #purelegends
Looking forward to take part in the upcoming online discussion / public programme organised by @maynoothuni current writer-in-residency Nathan O'Donnell @nathanhughodonnell "Experimental Publishing: Places, Performances, Situations" on Friday 14th May, 5-7pm.
Event info:
Crossing disciplinary boundaries & artistic forms, experimental publishing takes alternative approaches to the act of making public: collective, collaborative, provisional, political, anonymous, or participatory processes that disrupt the conventions of the book.
Experimental Publishing: Places, Performances, Situations is hosted by Nathan O'Donnell with Adam Gibney, Julie Morrissy, Alessia Cargnelli and Emily McFarland (Soft Fiction Projects ).
The event is free and open to anybody interested!
#experimentalpublishing #artistpublishingireland
#artistled #printedmatter
