Smiths Row

Postcard View, St Mary's Island has been developed as part of a series of works investigating the landscapes of the east coast of England which included Walthamstow Marshes, Malden, Essex, Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire and St Mary’s Island, North Tyneside. 

In the postcard view - light, texture and wind movement are important aspects of the work, the postcard format creates a more focused viewpoint of the observed landscape. Displayed using a psp, tablet framed, with randomized playback.

Shot with Super 8 film, time lapse and digitally processed and looped.

This version has been reworked for Flicker: Artists and Super 8  

further info at Postcard View, St Mary’s Island. Super 8, Digital, Installation

Thanks to Thomas Williams of Le Mobile Applications for adding extra functionality to his Ultimate Theater app which is used in the tablet version. Though since the Raspberry Pi became available this is the preferred video/audio display method due to its open source nature.

The performance South - A Journey in Super 8 by Tony Scott and Chris Mizsak was performed at Smiths Row on the 22rd March.

South uses live spoken word, sound and Super 8 projections to tell the story of two characters, a saint and a biker, who travel through different landscapes and time scales, eventually reaching the same destination. Filmed and edited entirely on Super 8mm, the work is performed as a triptych of three projected films, exploring the perspectives of the two characters within the landscape itself.

Excerpts from South - A Journey in Super 8, which was also performed later that night live as part of the Cambridge Super 8 Group Cine Film Night on 22 March 2013 at The Swan in Lawshall, Suffolk.

Published on 25 Apr 2013.

Documentary of the show.