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    Discovering Composition in Art

    • 2008
    • 00h 02m 00s
    • Heidi Phillips
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    Discovering Composition in Art uses found footage as source material for various darkroom experiments. These failed attempts to capture “good composition” race before the viewers’ eyes like flashing lights. “By using some of these guides we can create exciting art from the world around us.”

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Art + Artists,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • Super 8mm

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Dialogue,
    • Music,
    • Colour,
    • Toned,
    • Multiple Exposure,
    • FoundFootage,
    • Hand Processed

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • Beta SP,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Heidi Phillips

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    Festivals

    • WNDX
    • Videos de femmes dans le parc (GIV)
    • EMAF (European Media Art Festival)

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    • 2018
    • Heidi Phillips

    Drawing a parallel between bi-polar illness and creativity Mind Unseen explores the different angles of this notion. Showing footage of varying stages from manic episodes to depths of depression the viewer is brought into the mind of a person with bi-polar.

    Mind Unseen

    Old West Lodge

    • 2015
    • Heidi Phillips

    Set amidst the snowdrifts of a desolate prairie winter, a weather-beaten lodge provides refuge for a disparate group of locals and travelers.

    Old West Lodge

    Revival

    • 2009
    • Heidi Phillips

    Revival is a short 16mm experimental film about isolation, risk and rescue.

    Revival

    Suggested Films/Videos

    1961

    • 2015
    • James Dixon

    Short experimental, found footage film.

    1961

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