‘Spirit Messages’ is aemi’s 2024 touring programme, an annual selection made to bring together some of the most exciting new moving image work by Irish and international artists. On Wednesday, October 9th starting 7 PM the programme will be screened at Filmform in Stockholm with the guest curator from aemi – Alice Butler as well as the artists Niall Cullen and Amanda Rice present.
CURATORIAL NOTE:
Alongside a variety of other concerns, the artists featured in this programme employ a diverse set of creative strategies to reveal an interconnected world, one in which the medium is not just the message but the means through which the paranormal can engage our attention. From folk tales to esotericism, poppers training videos, horror flicks and sci-fi, the films in ‘Spirit Messages’ draw from an eclectic array of sources to suggest that the idiosyncratic forms of communication we adopt are often choices that are as subversive as they are functional. ‘Spirit Messages’ made its world premiere at Cork International Film Festival in November 2023 and will travel to a number of venues and festivals in both Ireland and abroad, throughout 2024. Curated by aemi and featuring work by Amanda Rice, Niall Cullen and Ross McClean alongside works by artists Jamie Crewe, Luis Arnias, and Dan Guthrie.
aemi is an Irish organisation funded by The Arts Council that supports and regularly exhibits moving image works by artists and experimental filmmakers.Since its formation in 2016 aemi’s key objective has been to provide support for artists working with the moving image in order to contribute to a developing infrastructure around these practices in Ireland. aemi is dedicated to expanding audiences for this material through regular curated programmes of Irish and international work and to enrich the critical discourse that surrounds the wide range of activity in this area.
Spirit Messages is accompanied by a newly commissioned text by Leah Reynolds. Leah Reynolds is a writer and bookseller based in Bristol, UK. Read the text HERE: https://aemi.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Moth-in-Relay-by-Leah-Reynolds-2024.pdf
Programme:
Ross McClean, Echo,2023, Ireland/United Kingdom, 16m/digital, 12 mins
Amanda Rice, The Flesh of Language, 2023, Ireland, 16.5 mins
Niall Cullen, The Dog Who Became a Frog, 2023, Ireland, digital, 6.5 mins
Jamie Crewe, False Wife, 2022, United Kingdom, digital, 15 mins
Luis Arnías, Terror Has No Shape, 2021, Venezuela / United States, 16mm/digital, 10 mins
Dan Guthrie, Coaley Peak (A Fragment), 2021, United Kingdom, 16mm/digital, 6.5 mins
Running time: 66 minutes (plus intermission)
PLEASE NOTE:
The ticket price is 50 SEK. RSVP to info@filmform.com in order to book a ticket. After booking you will receive information about the different payment options and confirmation. First come, first served. Limited amount of seats.