Trisha McCrae

Lucretia screening at 14th London New Wind Festival

November 1st, 2011 § Leave a Comment

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

September 17th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

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

August 5th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

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

July 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

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

June 15th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

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/

Traverse Festival Toulouse

January 31st, 2011 § Leave a Comment

I’M GOING TO TOULOUSE!

My film La Vie par La Mort was selected for the Traverse Video Festival.

14th Edition of TRAVERSE VIDEO festival in Toulouse, France in March 2011 on theme of ‘Art Proxime’: to include Video Art, Experimental Cinema, Photography, Performance, Digital Writing.

Art proxime or the desire for reaction.

Reaction because the form persists counter to the pressure towards a single, homogenous point of view.

The 14th TRAVERSE VIDEO festival seeks to provoke questions on what can henceforth be called art, questions on the feasibility of thus designating a practice, a process, an object. Can we, should we demarcate zones of art and non-art? Can certain criteria and characteristics be recognised? If so, by whom and who is to make the decisions? Does it have, in fact, a future?

Proxime: because it is a prerequisite for living, beyond our biological needs. Proxime is not about proximity in the territorial sense for the word implies that it is created in the encounter between the creator and the receiver, between what is made or done in their presence but without being reserved to a particular group. Proxime: because not only the performance-related work but also the installation in situ, bound in a certain space, demand the term.

Follow the link below for more info:
www.traverse-video.org/2011_test/ici_ailleurs.php

In Close Succession

December 28th, 2010 § 1 Comment

I had great fun making these animated shorts and expanding the ideas into the gallery space. The exhibition runs for over a month so I hope you all can come. Its a great line up!

http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/in-close-succession/

Short Selected for film performance in London

October 11th, 2010 § Leave a Comment

My film What Do We See has been selected for the 13th London New Wind Festiva l
. This festival is an exciting mix of woman musicians and filmmakers. Musicians will be performing a live accompaniment to my film on the evening of 3rd Nov and I really hope you can come. The film was originally shortlisted for the Jerwood Artist Moving Image Award and I am really looking forward to hearing how the festival players interpret the visual images.