Esther Johnson<\/a> (MA Royal College of Art) is Reader in Media Arts, and an artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of artist moving image and documentary portraiture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Esther Johnson\u2019s 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\u2019s 1970s residency in East Yorkshire. 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