FULLSCREEN

The Peckham Hotel presents FULLSCREEN, an evening of short films selected by Rob Sherwood, at 7.30pm on Monday 5 December. The event was initially conceived as an accompaniment to the ongoing Point. Line. Plane. exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery, a means of exploring the eponymous axioms in video art. This hour-long screening presents a survey of contemporary practice on that theme alongside works by influential film artists. 

The programme takes as its departure Walter Ruttman’s seminal Opus I before pursuing branching themes through contemporary moving imagery on film and digital formats. The screening brings together, in non-chronological order, short works by artists who have presented new ideas of space, pattern, collage and (dis)harmony. Handcrafted animation techniques are presented alongside digital montage, and different means of presenting virtual and cinematic space through time are elaborated. The emphasis is on contemporary practice, with influential works by figures such as John Whitney and Robert Breer included to contextualise the development of the form. 

There is a focus on the artisanal impulse in film-making, and the collected works, presented in sequence, describe the combination of exhilaration and anxiety that is typical of our contemporary engagement with short film through video-sharing networks. The screening will be followed by drinks, discussion and music from DJs Tom Harrad and Musa Kusa in the bar.

The Peckham Hotel
137–139 Copeland Road
Peckham
London SE15 3SN