Into the Mothlight Podcast

This time we talk to Rotterdam based artist Esther Urlus on her analogue filmmaking practice, experiments in hand made silver gelatin emulsion, repurposing analogue filmmaking equipment from commercial cinema, her DIY approach and the importance of her filmmaking community at Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam and beyond.

We visit Bristol and meet up with members of BEEF - Bristol Experimental Expanded Film. They are a film and sound collective that have been supporting experimental practice in the city since 2015. We talk about what led to the formation of the collective, the importance of collaboration within a collective and some of the events and workshops they run and produce. Fine out more at our website www.intothemothlight.com

We talk to Canadian filmmaker Stephen Broomer about his passion for found footage, the creative and chemical processes he applied to his recent work 'Tondal's Vision' and his own journey through this particular style of experimental film. We also discuss the history of found footage and the distinct trends he identifies in the genre, referencing work from among others Jack Chambers, Joseph Cornell, Charles Ridley and Ken Jacobs.

We go behind the scenes at the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, preview the 2019 edition and talk to the team that make this event happen.

A conversation with moving image artist Tereza Stehlíková where, amongst other things, we discuss her recent work From You to Me: 4 Generations of Women, her 2016 impressionistic documentary Trieste : In-between states and her relationship with Jan Švankmajer.

Cinematic outlaws. Artists, archival agitators and analogue alchemists exploring the found and the forgotten. Lydia Beilby of the Edinburgh and Melbourne-based collective Screen Bandita.

This time we are in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to visit the Hands on Film Lab with its founder Leah Millar. We join Leah for a tour of the lab, take a look at some of the facilities and talk to her about her love of photochemical film.

Artists Daniel Fawcett & Clara Pais have been collaborating since 2011 on moving image work, performance and photography. Since meeting they have worked exclusively together seeing themselves as two halves of a single artist. In this episode they talk about their working practice, being present in their work, their ongoing exploration of mythology and their latest 'studio diaries' project.

Dr Richard Ashrowan is a moving image artist and film curator. He has been Creative Director of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Scotland since 2010 and was curator for Scotland + Venice at the Venice Art Biennale 2017. In this episode he talks about shooting on 16mm film, the joys of filming in an isolated landscape and his love for his love of Tarkovsky and Brakhage.

An interview with experimental artist and auteur Andrew Kötting on his new film Lek and the Dogs, his approach to filmmaking, his experience of shooting in the Atacama desert and the use of archive and found footage in his work.