His film SENNA which won the award is a documentary about the ruthless, charismatic Formula One racing driver who died in a crash in 1994 at the age of 34, put together entirely from archive footage, supplemented by voiceover interviews with those who knew him. Saying that, though, gives you no idea of the intensity and pace of this extraordinary piece of work by the director Asif Kapadia, who cut these 104 edge-of-the-seat minutes out of some 5,000 hours of footage with such skill that even those with no previous interest in motor racing will find it not only compelling but deeply moving.Arts Foundation fellows Carol Morley and Asif Kapadia make up two of the four nominees put forward in the documentary category this year. Go to http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-24033591-britains-big-talent-... for more info...or Asif Kapadia's dirctory page
WHAT'S NEW?
- 19-01-2012
Focus on Dawn Youll's new work at Barrett Marsden Gallery
Chance to see Ceramicist fellow Dawn Youll's beautiful new work at Barrett Marsden's New Year's show on until the 11th February. Photo of installation detail from '2012 Mixed Display', (l-r) 'Maintenance', 'Brace', 'Veneer', all 2011. Photo © Philip Sayer courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery
Go to http://www.marsdenwoo.com/exhibitions.htm for more info...
- 19-01-2012
TWO NEW MEDIA FELLOWS nominated for SAMSUNG PRIZE
Two New Media Art winners from the Arts Foundation fellowships Thomson & Craighead (New Media Art 2005) and Erika Tan (Digital Art 1998) were shortlisted for the Samsung Digital Art Prize.
- 03-01-2012
Clare LIzzimore directs new play at Hampstead Theatre
Directing Fellow Clare Lizzimore will direct a stunning new play 'Lay Down Your Cross' by Nick Payne (Wanderlust, Royal Court) from 23 February - 24 March 2012. AIn a house in Luton, boxes are stacked high, the paint is out and Tony is ready for a spring clean. Amidst the dust and clutter lie photos and memories of family fun; reminders of what used to be.As the funeral of his son looms, and his aloof daughter and ex-wife return, will the regrets of the past and the sorrows of the present prove too much for Tony and his kin? A poignant play about heartache, forgiveness and the importance of family - for tickets go to http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/page/3217/Coming+soon+to+Hampstead+Downs...
- 09-12-2011
Download groundbreaking work 'Horse'
Northumbrian poet Katrina Porteous (2003 award winner) and composer and synthesizer pioneer Peter Zinovieff have created an innovative new work for BBC Radio 3, inspired by the three thousand year old Uffington chalk figure that leaps across the Oxfordshire landscape. Scored for two voices and two computers, 'Horse' mixes the sound of a Cornish chain ferry with human voices, to conjure echoes of the Cretaceous sea, the dragon beneath it, and recollections from our deepest past. Originally broadcast in November you can download it from the Free Thinking website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn
- 08-12-2011
Carol Morley's film Dreams of a Life goes on National Release from December 16th.
Carol Morley's new film which was premiered at the London Film Festival this year and is now to go on national release. The film, about the intriguing story of a young woman discovered in a London flat three years after her death, was nominated for the Grierson Award for Best Documentary. Go to this link to ALL THE SCREENINGS and Q&A's with Carol, producer Cairo Cannon and actor Zawe Ashton. http://dreamsofalife.com/screenings
STOP PRESS !
- 08-02-2012
ASIF KAPADIA wins BEST DOC at Evening Standard British Film Awards
- 10-12-2011
Architect Amanda Levete joins board of Trustees
The Foundation is delighted to welcome Amanda Levete as Arts Foundation trustee in January 2012. "Her broad experience in the area of design will be a great asset to the Foundation' commented Chair William Sieghart.
- 20-09-2011
2012 Olympic Medals Designed by Lin Cheung
The London 2012 Paralympic Games medals have been unveiled at the opening of a new display at the British Museum for the Cultural Olympiad which gives the public their first opportunity to see the medals. The medals, which are presented in recognition of the incredible achievement of outstanding Paralympic athletes, will be made in Britain and have been designed by jeweller Lin Cheung, an Arts Foundation Fellow and senior lecturer in Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London. In 2012 more than 2,100 Paralympic medals will be presented in 502 Paralympic victory ceremonies in more than 19 venues over 11 days of competition.
