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04/08/2023

Here's a nice event put together by Markus Jack who we interviewed for EP.25 on his Transit Arts project.
If you are in Scotland, get along to a screening, might see you there.

A festival of artists’ film and video in Scotland

22/07/2023

Here's a clip of Andrew Black on the soundtrack to his film 'On Clogger Lane' the subject of EP.36. It was fascinating to hear his process of working with sound, and finding fresh and unusual ways of matching that to the images on the screen.

Images, audio and links on our website:
http://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep36-andrew-black

09/07/2023

The Film London Jarman Award 2023 shortlisted artist filmmaker Andrew Black discusses his film 'On Clogger Lane', work he made as recipient of the 2021 Margaret Tait Award from Lux Scotland.

On all podcast platforms + images, audio, links & downloads at http://www.intothemothlight.com

13/06/2023

Thank you 🧡

We've had donations via http://buymeacoffee.com/mothlightpod to help keep all the moths fed and encourage us to get EP.37 out there. Everything costs money, we need a few more £5 donations to keep everything going.

Can you buy us a coffee?

Click if you can http://buymeacoffee.com/mothlightpod 🦋

12/06/2023

This is a great review of the film Mark Lyken (EP.20) made as part of his artist’s residency with Alchemy Film & Arts (EP.14). It’s well deserved recognition for a local artist in an international publication. Find this film on release for a little look at the town we call home.

Mark Lyken’s documentary is a treat for people-watchers, full of touching vignettes of the not-so-ordinary daily lives it observes

04/06/2023

Making this podcast is a hugely rewarding experience. We get to interview amazing artists, share this with you, our listeners and supporters, and hopefully keep some kind of archive of what was happening in experimental film and artists' moving image in the 2020's etc.

Producing a podcast doesn't cost much, but there are unavoidable costs that I hope you might help us cover by making a small one-off donation. If a few of you donate £5 it will help cover subscription fees for the website and our audio platform for example. It will help with travel costs, a tiny bit of marketing, batteries for our audio recorders, and yeah perhaps a coffee and a danish now and again.

Click the link, and if you can, make a donation and help the podcast going. 🧡 Thank You !

A podcast dedicated to artists’ moving image, experimental film and festivals and installation art. Into the Mothlight is presented by filmmaker Jason Moyes.

09/03/2023

"Four days of cinema screenings, moving-image exhibitions, live performances and a Festival Ceilidh – delivered with the renowned and irreproducible Alchemy brand of warmth, charm and humour."

This is a very special film festival run by some remarkable and very cool people. If you are in the UK make your way to Hawick for this, and we'll see you there with Alchemy Film & Arts

21/02/2023

Oh Ann Arbor Film Festival if only you were not so many many miles away I would be there. This looks AMAZING - in person and online.

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is thrilled to share the 61st AAFF Trailer created by filmmaker Steve Wood. Watch for other trailers coming soon!

24/01/2023

Having missed this in Edinburgh we're excited that works from the Cutlog artists moving image installation at the SSA are available to view online. Look.

CutLog are delighted to announce that the selected moving image works that were shown within our installation at the SSA 130 years exhibition in Edinburgh are now available to view online. These can be viewed for one month only so don’t delay. For those who were unable to make the journey to Edinburgh or who wish to revisit their favourite works this is a great way to extend the exhibition. Our thanks to SSA for hosting this screening. Our thanks to Mike Inglis for designing and making the installation and to Finn Rabbitt Dove for this image from her work ‘Vendor Beast.
The work can be seen here from 9am on 24th January.
https://ssa.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/18-cutlog-re-imagining-wonderland/

10/09/2022

Our reading list just got longer, with Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000 added following our interview with Steve Polta and San Francisco Cinematheque
- interview plus links to get this book here https://intothemothlight.com and your usual podcast platforms 📽️

26/08/2022

New Episode - celebrating San Francisco Cinematheque & Crossroads 2022 with Steve Polta.

Listen now on our website or wherever you find your podcasts.

Experimental film and installation artist Jason Moyes lives and works in rural Scotland and has been exploring the moving image since 2007. His work has been shown in the UK, North America, Europe...

11/08/2022

This really does look great, Six Interviews with Experimental Filmmakers in a new book from Stereoeditions here's the link if you want to add this to your summer reading list. http://stereoeditions.com/produit/se-19-emotional-materials-personal-processes/

10/08/2022

This little trailer gets longer all the time, now that we're up to EP.34. Click our patreon link to see how you can help us do more from just £4 or $5 a month. 🌞https://www.patreon.com/themothlightpodcast

27/07/2022

We are trying to book the creators of the Analog Cookbook for a podcast interview because we love what they do. In the meantime, see the post below on how you can submit your analogue recipes to the next issue.

Three more days 👀

Analog Cookbook is currently seeking submissions for our 6th issue. This issue has an open theme (meaning submit whatever you’ve got) and is expected to arrive in Fall/Winter 2022.

Submit your favorite darkroom recipe, essay about analog filmmaking, and moving image and photo works on non-digital formats. Things we typically publish:

Super 8mm, 16mm, VHS, and 35mm experimental films

Super 8mm, 16mm, VHS and 35mm narrative films, campy horrors, and essay films

Essays about process

Guides on how to use film cameras

DIY methods that promote accessibility: Building your own film scanner, how to develop film at home, cool things you can do with film with little to no budget

Photo series shot on film

Film soup recipes

24/07/2022

In EP.34 Julia Parks talks about the making of her film 'Seaweed', shot on Roe Island, just off the North West coast of Cumbria, England. She processed the 16mm film she was shooting on with seaweed from the island, and talks about experimenting with the process. Hear the full interview on our website or wherever you find your podcasts.
https://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep34-julia-parks

06/07/2022

EP.34 is out now, via the website or wherever you get your podcasts. This time with Julia Parks - filmmaker artist in residence at Alchemy Film and Arts in Hawick, Scotland.

https://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep34-julia-parks

28/06/2022

Episode 34 will be with the artist filmmaker Julia Parks, currently artist in residence at in Scotland.

The interview will be with you soon, in the meantime have a look at her website to learn more about Julia and her work.

http://juliaparks.co.uk/

29/05/2022

Some of the team at Mothlight HQ enjoyed our recent 'meet the patrons' day more than others.

The months are hungry, become a patron from £4 / $5 a month.

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23/05/2022

I know we've been away a long time, but EP.33 is finally here.
Listen to our chat with New York Filmmaker Mark Street on our website, or your usual podcast platform.

https://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep33-mark-street

16/05/2022

In our first face to face interview in a long time, we talk to New York based filmmaker Mark Street.

In his artist statement Mark says, “My work ranges from abstract hand-manipulated pieces to work that involves found footage, to feature length improvised narratives. Each film attempts to investigate new terrain, and avoids being confined by a specific look or mood.”

The idea of not being confined was a recurring theme in our chat, we also discuss working with found footage, his adventures using Super 8mm film, and of course, Stan Brakhage who you will hear from at the top of this episode.

Information, images and links on our website here. www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep33-mark-street

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04/04/2022

A package from America today, and copies of the Analog Cookbook - thank you Kate E. Hinshaw, can't wait to read them and talk to you about your work!

30/03/2022

Final day to watch some spectacular and mind-bending films online at Ann Arbor Film Festival - delighted to see some of the films I put through in the very early screening rounds make the final programme, a pleasure to be a small part of this legendary film festival. https://www.aafilmfest.org/

In-Person & Online | March 22-27, 2022 | Bending minds with experimental film since 1963.

20/03/2022

Another beautiful little camera for the collection. Quartz-5 standard 8mm with 11 various filters in a leather case with felt lining. That brings me up to 1 x standard 8mm, 2 x super 8mm and 1 x 16mm ♥

16/03/2022

My good friend and fellow filmmaking artist Kerry Jones is building a solar powered cinema caravan. It will tour Scotland showing experimental and artists' moving image films, along with climate justice films. You can support her via the link here. 👇 https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moving-images-a-solar-powered-caravan-cinema

A solar powered cinema caravan touring Scotland hosting experimental, artists moving image, climate justice films and filmmaking workshops.

04/11/2021

We have been massively inspired by Richard Ashrown over the years, by the films that he makes, by the films he curates and by the way he encourages and supports other artists. This is a rare opportunity to hear him talk about his work, book early via the link from Moving Image Artists. You can also hear our interview with Richard on our website.https://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep09-richard-ashrowan

Book now for the MIA Masterclass this Saturday at 2pm GMT

This first Masterclass will be presented by Richard Ashrowan, who will share his journey as a filmmaker, curator and moving image activist.

Free event, spaces limited so book now: https://bit.ly/3aub96Z

Richard Ashrowan is a founder member of the Moving Image Makers Collective Group, a grass-roots collective of moving image artists based in the Scottish Borders. He was the founder of Alchemy Film & Arts in Scotland, where he directed the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival for its first nine years. He was curator for Scotland + Venice at the Venice Art Biennale 2017, presenting the work of Rachel Maclean at Chiesa di Santa Catarina. In 2016 he was awarded a PhD for his practice-based research on ‘Alchemical Catoptrics of the Moving Image’. He has contributed to many festival and artistic juries, and facilitated a number of tutored artist residency programmes in Morocco.

24/10/2021

*** EP.32 with Lynne Sachs available now ***

Since the 1980s, Lynne Sachs has created cinematic works that defy genre through the use of hybrid forms and collaboration, incorporating elements of the essay film, collage, performance, documentary and poetry. Her films explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences.

Her latest feature ‘Film about a Father Who’ is being screened on the Criterion Channel along with seven other short films.

We chat about 'Film About a Father Who', her approach to experimental documentary making and living and working in San Francisco in 80's.

Audio, images and links here.
https://www.intothemothlight.com/home/ep32-lynne-sachs

09/10/2021

We've been updating our Patreon site and you can now support us for as little as £4 / $5 a month. We need batteries for our tape recorder, and an energy boost for ourselves. Take a look at our site and see the mothlight podcast benefits you'll get as a Patreon supported. 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/themothlightpodcast