‘Rough Cut’ by Jamie Shovlin to be screened at Centrespace, Visual Research Centre
Published On Thu 8 May 2014 by Grant Hill
The debut screening in Scotland of ‘Rough Cut’, a film by artist Jamie Shovlin, will take place at Centrespace, part of the Visual Research Centre (VRC) based in Dundee Contemporary Arts, next week.
The event is being hosted by the Cooper Gallery at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), with the film being screened consecutively over two days to coincide with the opening of the DJCAD Degree Show 2014 and as part of the Ignite Dundee festival.
The critically acclaimed debut feature from Shovlin explores the re-making of imaginary 1970s teen horror film ‘Hiker Meat’, an exploitation film that never existed.
Curator Sophia Hao said, “The meta-documentary emphasises the archetypes and mythologies of this often critically maligned period of filmmaking. Shovlin explores in his practice the tensions between truth and fiction, reality and invention, history and memory, seeking to question how information and knowledge becomes authoritative.”
Based in London, Shovlin is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and has shown extensively across Europe including solo exhibitions at Cornerhouse (Manchester), MACRO (Rome), IBID Projects (London), Haunch of Venison (London) and Tate Britain (London). Rough Cut is a co-commission between Cornerhouse Artist Film and TIFF: Toronto International Film Festival and was a feature in the 43rd International Rotterdam Film Festival.
The Visual Research Centre is part of DJCAD, located on the lower floors of Dundee Contemporary Arts. The 86-minute film will be screen consecutively at Centrespace from 10.30am-6pm on Friday, 16th and Saturday 17th May.
More details can be found at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/exhibitions/events/rough-cut/.
The DJCAD Degree Show 2014 will be open to the public from Saturday, 17th May until Sunday, May 25th. Admission is free and the exhibition is open from 10am until 8pm (Monday – Friday) and 10am to 4pm (Saturday – Sunday).
The DJCAD Degree Show is one of the highlights of the city’s cultural calendar, attracting some 10,000 visitors each year and generating in excess of £1million for the local economy in the process.
It is part of the Ignite Dundee festival, which runs from 16-31 May and showcases the very best of Dundee’s creative talent.
More details can be found at www.dundee.ac.uk/degreeshow.
It is part of the Ignite Dundee festival, which runs from 16th-31th May and showcases the very best of Dundee’s creative talent.
Ignite Dundee is a partnership between Abertay University; Dundee Contemporary Arts; Dundee – One City, Many Discoveries; Dundee Rep Theatre; Leisure & Culture Dundee; University of Dundee and V&A Dundee.