Trisha McCrae

Neuf At Home

trishamccrae — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:09:11 +0000

On Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March from 6.30 and 8.30pm, the Cambridge based experimental film collective Neuf are installing films in a domestic setting.
Each of us has made a film in response to the house No22 Sleaford Street, Cambridge under the overall theme of Home.
I am really excited to have the superb cellist Abigail Wollston improvise to my film on Sunday 11th.
Be part of the experimental flow, enjoy the literary and philosophical references, find inspiration in unusual places.

Rockaby at the Hotbed Film Festival

trishamccrae — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:42:38 +0000

Catch my film Rockaby at the Hotbed film Festival at the Junction Cambridge

Two screenings: Friday 27th Jan 2.30pm and Sunday 29th Jan 2.00pm.

Rockaby is a tribute to Samuel Beckett.
The rocking evokes emotional movement, a route to the imaginary, a return to the child for comfort from the eternal loneliness of death.
Sounds and music by
Triptik (triptik.org.uk)
and Chris Castiglione(ukuphambana.com)

Axis have selected me as their Artist of the Week!

trishamccrae — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:08:29 +0000

www.axisweb.org/artistsandcurators

Traverse Video Festival, Toulouse France.

trishamccrae — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:40:25 +0000

My film Lucretia has been accepted into the 15th Traverse Video Festival in Toulouse.

Trisha McCrae

Lucretia

My work is often raw, immediate and provocative. I use film and the editing process to tell stories which carry powerful personal meaning for me.

The story is about Lucretia, the legendary Roman heroine.

According to Livy, one evening as Lucretia lay in bed sleeping Tarquin, the kings son, entered her room and raped her. Over come with sorrow and shame she took her own life. Brutus, the Republican leader picked up Lucretia’s dead body and showed it to the crowd who became enraged and rose up against the King and his son. It was Lucretia’s death that forged the beginning of the Roman Republic.

I chose Lucretia because of its strong connections to gender, voice and power. I wanted to understand Lucretia’s choice in the context of the familial structure of Roman society, the huge burden of cultural obligation to protect her family, especially her children from the shame of the assault. I am also interested in the view that the legacy of Lucretia’s death represented a radical change in Italian perception at the time, a shift occurred in the power structure from an outdated chivalric monarchy, represented by the deposed Tarquins, to the political exchange of the new consular government formed by Brutus. I used the technique of colour change, from black and white to multi colour, to echo the radical move from Roman times to Italian contemporary life in the present day.

As a filmmaker I am committed to experimentation. I use the language of film and the editing process to express and explore what I want to say. In Lucretia I chose to use three screens to expand the viewers consciousness and allow the eye to move saccadically from screen to screen so that they become an active participant in the viewing experience. I use music and sounds deictically and non-deictically to either encourage flow or direct the viewer to what I want them to see or to disrupt it. The eye may be drawn to the narrative of Lucretia with its dramatic live footage and erotic puppetry but also at times the eye moves to the emptiness of the abstract elements. For me abstraction and the fragmented image is the purest way to allow the viewer in. Because for a moment a space opens up and their mind wanders into it with their own thoughts. They truly become an active viewer.

The festival is a really exciting experience that takes over Toulouse. There are videos and performances all over the city both indoors and outside in cinemas, churches, offices and on the street. It is absolutely fantastic. If you are into experimental film/performance and expanded cinema its a must.

Exciting things happening

trishamccrae — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:25:50 +0000

This year is off to a good start.

My film Lucretia can be seen at the Clermont-Ferrant Festival Market between 27th Jan-4th Feb 2012.

If you are going check it out!

http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=226&c=3&id_film=200022018&o=88

Lucretia screening at 14th London New Wind Festival

trishamccrae — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:16:05 +0000

This year my film Lucretia is being accompanied by the wonderfully avant guard ensemble Triptik and their guest artists the amazing guitarist John Russell and groovy Roland Ramanan! Two other filmmakers Helen Petts and Vicky Langan are also screening so it should be a great night.

Lucretia

trishamccrae — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:38:34 +0000

I am very fortunate to have a group of musicians and sound artists interested in making the soundtrack for my film Lucretia. This development is very exciting because each version brings with it a completely new light to the film.

I have posted two versions so far. The first is my version with Adam Bohman’s raw sounds. http://vimeo.com/27375497

The second version of my film Lucretia is accompanied by Triptik a live improvised ensemble based in London. http://vimeo.com/28468097
I will post the other versions as they arrive.

still from the animated section of the film

trishamccrae — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:26:24 +0000

My film has been shortlisted for the Videoholica programme! I am proud to be associated with such an innovative festival in Bulgaria.

Check out the great programme of shorts at the festival here.:

http://videoholica.org/en_2011program.htm

The festival events take place in traditional gallery and museum spaces and also in nontraditional outdoor / public spaces in Varna, virgin for contemporary art environment, or where it is less known.

The festival addresses the professional public as well as that auditorium, which has had no contact with contemporary art until now, and provokes both audiences through organized art activities to look for new meaning and identity amidst creative environment unknown to them so far.VIDEOHOLICA festival presents art works by well-known artists as well as renders opportunity to young artists, who are working in the field of contemporary art and are pursuing innovative practices in a professional manner, to manifest their works distinguished for their original creative language.

Lucretia screening Whitechapel Gallery London Thursday 28th July 7pm

trishamccrae — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:49:54 +0000

In a three screen mix of puppets, live footage and animated silhouettes the story of Lucretia’s unfolds. Through violent erotic puppetry and lively musical animation the film tells the story of the legendary Roman heroine Lucretia. According to Livy, one evening as she lay in bed sleeping, Tarquin, the kings son, entered her room and raped her. Over come with sorrow and shame Lucretia then takes her own life. Brutus, the Republican leader picks up Lucretia’s dead body and shows it to the crowd who become enraged and rise up against the King and his family. It was Lucretia’s death that forged the beginning of the Roman Republic.

In the making of this film I have worked with great puppet directors, a very talented performance artist and created the sound from an eclectic mix of weird and wonderful improvised music, inspirational buskers and Italian opera.

Bateau Paris

trishamccrae — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:47:01 +0000

My film Bateau Paris has been selected in Showroom Shorts at the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network. It will be screened on Tuesday 21st June so if you are in the area check it out.

http://trishamccrae.com/bateau-paris/