Rose Butler’s film BOX selected for One Minute International Video Art Festival – exhibitions opens 23 March 2017

Rose Butler, Box

BOX One Minute International Video Art Festival Milan Thursday 23 March – Sunday 2 April 2017 Rose Butler’s film BOX has been selected for the One Minute International Video Art Screening in Milan Photographed on a 1920’s box camera and created from a film printed in its entirety – including the gaps between the images. This animation includes all the […]

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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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Director and film-maker, Ken Loach awarded Honorary Doctorate

Professor Virginia Heath and film-maker Ken Loach

Virginia Heath, Professor of Film in the Art & Design Research Centre, officiated at the Sheffield Hallam University 2016 graduation ceremony at Sheffield City Hall to confer the honorary doctorate on Ken Loach. Ken was nominated for his Honorary Doctorate by SHU academic staff for his contribution to film-making and the arts.   Virginia, who had talks with Ken throughout the day […]

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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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‘Loitering with Intent’ – Exhibition at People’s History Museum features Dr Esther Johnson’s ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’

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

Loitering with Intent – The Art and Politics of Walking in Manchester and Beyond is a group exhibition organised by the LRM (Loiterers Resistance Movement), a Manchester-based collective interested in psychogeography and public space. This exhibition at the People’s History Museum features artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson‘s poetic documentary, ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’. Esther’s film uses oral […]

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Tuesday 24 May 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Suzanne Speidel (Film Studies, SHU)

A black-and-white image of people outside of a theatre with a sign saying 'Lux Radio Theatre'

Title: Lux Presents Hollywood – films on the radio during the ‘golden age’ of broadcasting Speaker: Dr Suzanne Speidel (Film Studies, SHU) Dr Suzanne Speidel is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research interests include adaptation studies and contemporary American television. Her publications include articles and chapters in The Journal of Adaptation on Film and […]

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