Tag: Esther Johnson

Echoes of Protest – Article by SHU’s Esther Johnson and Debbie Ballin published in The Journal of the Oral History Society

An image of a badge held in a pair of hands. The badge reads 'It's our future / Kids against pit closures'

Echoes of Protest is a collaborative research project by SHU’s Esther Johnson and Debbie Ballin. The Journal of the Oral History Society has published the co-authored journal Echoes of Protest: untold stories of the 1984–1985 UK Miners’ Strike, by Esther and Debbie. It will feature in their Spring 2017 issue. For more than thirty years the Oral History Society has […]

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Esther Johnson to present ‘Abstractions of Holderness’ at Hull: City of Cinema on 26 March 2017

Image from Abstractions of Holderness by Esther Johnson

Abstractions of Holderness is an audio-visual work by Esther Johnson and Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs inspired by Basil Kirchin’s 1970s residency in East Yorkshire. Kirchin, an English drummer and composer, is known as a pioneer of musique concrète and has been described by Brian Eno as, “a founding father of ambient”. Hull: City of Cinema is a […]

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Somewhere Becoming Sea – Esther Johnson’s moving image work included in Film & Video Umbrella Hull 2017 (April – June)

Concrete blocks near the sea, with warning of coastal erosion

Esther Johnson‘s Hinterland (2002), and new commission Retreating the Line (2017), have been selected for Somewhere Becoming Sea curated by Film and Video Umbrella as part of Hull 2017 UK City of Culture. 5 April 2017 – 17 June 2017 Somewhere Becoming Sea Humber Street Gallery, Hull HU1 1TU Somewhere Becoming Sea reflects how expanses of water that divide countries […]

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Esther Johnson’s ‘Abstractions of Holderness’ screening at Hull’s UK City of Culture festival – February 2017

Image of wind turbines from Esther Johnson, Abstractions of Holderness

Esther Johnson’s new film Abstractions of Holderness to screen with BBC Concert Orchestra as part of Hull 2017. Abstractions of Holderness is an audio-visual work inspired by Basil Kirchin’s 1970s residency in East Yorkshire. The music for the film is scored by Saint Etienne and will premiere during Mind on the Run: The Basil Kirchin Story, a 3-day festival as […]

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Professorship awarded to Esther Johnson

Professor Esther Johnson

We are pleased to announce that Esther Johnson was recently awarded a Professorship and now holds the title of Professor of Film and Media Arts at Sheffield Hallam University. Esther is an artist and filmmaker working with moving image, audio and photography. She was awarded an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and is a Fellow of The […]

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Dr Esther Johnson’s film ‘Hinterland’ selected for exhibition at Hull’s new Humber Street Gallery

Still from Esther Johnson's 'Hinterland'

Hinterland, Dr Esther Johnson‘s 16mm artist film has been selected for an exhibition opening in April 2017, curated by Film and Video Umbrella for Hull’s new Humber Street Gallery. Focusing on an East Yorkshire community which live on the fastest eroding coastline in Europe, Hinterland asks how it feels to live in such a precarious situation with homes fatally threatened […]

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The People’s Echo – Memories of the 1984-8 Miners’ Strike (Christmas 2016) – Professor Esther Johnson and Debbie Ballin

Bound stacks of The People's Echo newspaper by Esther Johnson and Debbie Ballin

The People’s Echo is a specially produced newspaper by artist/filmmaker Esther Johnson and writer/filmmaker Debbie Ballin. The newspaper was made as a Christmas gift for visitors to their exhibition A share of a pensioner’s Christmas ‘Bonus’ held at the National Coal Mining Museum for England from 12 November 2016 – 18 January 2017. The newspaper is available for viewing online […]

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Dr Esther Johnson’s film ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’ featured on NOWNESS global video channel

Banner for 'Alone Together' by Esther Johnson, from the film website

An extract from Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches, a film by artist-filmmaker Esther Johnson, is to be streamed online by NOWNESS from 24 November 2016. NOWNESS is a global video channel and a movement for creative excellence in storytelling celebrating the extraordinary of every day. Through a series of oral testimonies and carefully composed portraits, Alone Together, the […]

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