Was just reading the piece on Mary Stark in The Wire over Breakfast this morning and here she is live on Frameworks. This newsletter is consistently huge
> On 4 Aug 2018, at 10:36, Mary Stark <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to let frameworkers know about a record that has just been released > relating to a film performance I've been working on for what seems like aeons > of time! > > Film as Fabric is the third release in the new Industrial Folklore Tapes > series and is constructed from live recordings of the performance tilted > ‘Film as Fabric', which examines relationships between textile practice, > filmmaking and sound. From 2012-2016, my studio practice and numerous > performances took place in Rogue Artist Studios at Crusader Mill in > Manchester, formerly a production site of machinery for the cotton industry > and a garment works. The performance has been enriched by exploration of > Lancashire’s industrial heritage and my family history, which includes > workers in cotton mills and expert needlewomen. > > Film as Fabric repeatedly involves sound in physical formats through optical > sound, work song and recordings of weaving machinery on vinyl records, the > amplified mechanisms of the film projector and sewing machine, and my voice. > The performance highlights the now obsolete industrial practice of linear > film editing and shows photochemical film as a sculptural reflective fabric, > measured and worn on the body, cut with scissors and stitched on the sewing > machine. Through the filmmaking technology of optical sound, fabric and > stitch patterns are transformed into noise, referring to a lesser-known sonic > world associated with textile production. The recordings are of live > performances at Full of Noises Festival 2015, and in 2016 at Islington Mill, > Manchester Histories Festival and Radio Revolten International Festival of > Radio Art. > > The release is limited to only 250 editions and comprises of a ten inch > record in gatefold sleeve with a twelve page black and white machine sewn > booklet and a 16mm black and white patterned fabric photogram. It is priced > at £15.00 plus shipping. > > http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/industrial-folklore-tapes-vol-iii-film-as-fabric-mary-stark > > <http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/industrial-folklore-tapes-vol-iii-film-as-fabric-mary-stark> > > > The Wire magazine recently featured the release in their print issue 414 and > shared a video I made at Quarry Bank Mill of industrial textile machinery > that informed the development of the performance > https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/mary-stark-shares-some-visual-research > <https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/mary-stark-shares-some-visual-research> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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