Raban, William (2010) About Now MMX. [Art/Design Item]
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Type of Research: | Art/Design Item | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Creators: | Raban, William | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description: | About Now MMX is both Raban’s attempt to resolve the difficulty of rendering 3-dimensional space and perspective on the flat surface of the screen and a visual exploration of the current economic crisis gripping London. What does economic recession look like? How does it manifest itself on the streets and what is its impact on the skyline? The film is shot from a window on the 21st floor of Balfron Tower encompassing a panoramic view of the city below. Shot on 35mm, Recession was filmed over a duration of three months and uses time-lapse techniques to constantly track the movements of the city and its inhabitants. Raban’s intention is to create a cinematic map of London that exposes the neural networks of our post-modern metropolis; to produce a film that reveals the workings of London’s nervous system. “Raban’s film could be read as a dialectic of the city and its image, an argument between how it is and how it might be re-imagined. By shifting between the material space of urbanism and the architecture of the film frame, About Now MMX aims for a more reflexive viewing experience, fracturing the spatial relations of the city into an activity of movement and dynamism. Raban’s project is one of fundamental engagement and makes necessary a critical reappraisal of urban space, our relationships to place and the promise that film might hold for a transformative relation to the city.” (Gareth Polmeer, Tengen Magazine, March 2011). |
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Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | artists film, documentary, city film, architecture, recession, Balfron Tower, East London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Communication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 19 September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funders: | Bow Arts Trust International Residency, Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts, University of the Arts (sabbatical) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related Websites: | http://www.londonsartistquarter.org/events/about-now-mmx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Projects or Series: | Research Outputs Review (April 2010 - April 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Material/Media: | 35mm film for cinema projection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Measurements or Duration of item: | 28 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2014 11:04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2023 04:46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Item ID: | 7406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/7406 |
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