Showcase
7AM
Synopsis
7AM focuses on their morning exercises and the social and acoustic space they generate. Figures and small groups scattered amongst the trees fill the park with the percussive sounds of slapping, sweeping limbs, feet brushing grass into geometric figures, the smack of a sand-filled bag against a back or a back against a tree trunk. Each exercise is sustained for at least five minutes and up to two hours.
Time and distance are measured out and described by hundreds of simultaneous rhythms, which create a spatial, sonic and bodily language. 7AM approaches this social landscape as a language between sight and sound.
Commissioned by South West Screen and Film London, the A Movie participating artists are: Daria Martin (USA), Jimmy Robert (France/Holland), Mark Leckey (UK), Mika Taanila (Finland), Imogen Stidworthy (UK) and Yang Fudong (China).
The films were produced by LUX and Spacex.
Selected Screenings
- Premiere Screening Frieze Art Fair, 21-24 October 2010
Project Background
A Movie is a collaboration set up to challenge audiences' expectations of the cinema experience. Six new short films were commissioned from some of the most exciting visual artists working with the moving image. The works were premiered at Frieze Art Fair 2005 and subsequently toured cinemas throughout the UK in 2006, taking the films out of the gallery and into cinemas across the country. Different A Movie films were screened before selected features from the main programme.
Commissioned by South West Screen and Film London, the A Movie participating artists are:Daria Martin(USA), Jimmy Robert (France/Holland), Mark Leckey (UK), Mika Taanila (Finland), Imogen Stidworthy (UK) and Yang Fudong (China). The films were produced by LUX and Spacex.
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Key Information
Film
7AM
Artist
Imogen Stidworthy
Project
A Movie
Year Completed
2005
Duration
5'
Screening format
Single screen, Beta SP, DVD
