Post-Distance

Calum English

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
Calum English caluminglish.wixsite.com/mysite
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2021
#Moving Image
#Sound
two wall mounted monitors
Birth, @thedoor, dual screen installation, digital film , 2021

My current work focuses on a balance between coherence and formlessness. Through film and sound, I create something that at certain points feels somewhat recognisable, and at others feels abstract. They exist as vignettes of distant memories and ideas that have blurred and distorted themselves over time. My work acts as a direct outlet towards emotional states experienced through these fuzzy memories. The works act as an embodiment of my life, surroundings and emotions. The components of my work are often intentionally simplistic. The majority of my visual material is either captured within my flat or sampled and re-worked from other films. The idea of fashioning interesting ideas from something domestic and mundane is a quality that I’m interested and engaged with.

The idea of immersion is an equally important part of my practice. The importance of sound is key to this idea . I want my films to describe an entirely new atmosphere when they’re experienced, for it to set a mood. Sound has a visceral quality to it that no other medium truly possesses. Through it I can create moods and atmospheres in a direct way.

Post-Distance

The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

Peers & Collaborators

Diana Hainey
Diana Hainey
PHASED
#MA Art and Design Interdisciplinary Practices #MA Courses #Moving Image
Megan Henebury
Megan Henebury
Post-Distance
#Moving Image #Performance
film still
Jacob Carter
Jacob Carter
Post-Distance
#Sculpture #Sound
sculpture and print installation
Ella Smart
Ella Smart
Post-Distance
#Moving Image #Sculpture
rope hanging on wall and two monitors on the floor