Absolutely delighted that my short moving image ‘Short Story About Nothing’ has been selected for the shorts programme of the first iInternational Arts Festival Ruthin in North Wales.

This is a short description of the piece: An ancient plot without the lure of a resolution. A dysfunctional dialogue full of emotional tension and discord. In essence the basic elements of a love story that goes on beyond the ever after. A short story about nothing is told by collating sound recordings, images taken in a cinema auditorium and one B/W photograph. As a moving image it is about everything and nothing in particular. As a story it relies as much on the uttered words as on what is left unsaid. On one level, it shows the tangled feelings caused by a stalemate in a relationship. On another, it reflects the author’s unresolved long-term love affair with cinema. 

Created with Graeme Hogge and the following members of the Bristol Experimental and Expanded Film Collective (BEEF): Eliza Lomas, Mr. Hopkinson, Niyaz Saghari, Sam Francis, Shirley Pegna, Snoozie and Zoe Tissandier. Footage and recordings were made during a BEEF residency at the CUBE cinema in Bristol December 2022. The residency was funded by the West of England Visual Arts Alliance.

It was made in 2023, Length: 3’1’

Also, the exploration of alternative and old photographic practices has been really productive. Over the last few months I have been busy making work and had already my first piece shown in a fabulous group show “Illumination”. I also have joined Spike Print Studios and have started to make photo polymer prints. Furthermore, I work with my friend Deborah Weinreb on a group show titled “Liquid Now'“ which will take place at Kitform with Bristol in November and brings together artists who are invested in experimental and expanded photography. And yes there are a lot of BEEF artists involved.

My moving image “What Does it Mean to be an Artist” had its first screening at Spike Open and, I am truly thrilled, it will go online for a month as part of the Spike Island programme. This way, many more can engage with it.

And last: I have been selected for a two months artist’s residency in Gmünd in Austria. This will take place in September and October 2024. I feel truly honoured to have been chosen to be part of this AiR programme. This is the link to the first info on the website: https://www.kuenstlerstadt-gmuend.at/programm/claudia-pilsl