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Hilary Powell is an artist who engages with the changing urban environment and its secret histories in films such as Light Years Away and The Games. Hilary is a partner in Optimistic Productions with Dan Edelstyn, and when not prowling the fringes of the Olympic site she is working on their feature film for More 4 called ‘How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire,’ subject of an APEngine showcase here: http://www.apengine.org/2009/10/how-to-re-establish-a-vodka-empire Distributed by Tubemogul.
Engine spoke with Laurie Hill about his moving image work, including his award-winning film Photograph of Jesus, which explores the archive of Getty Images. Laurie Hill is a London-based artist. He studied Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, and Animation at the Royal College of Art, London. Laurie was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2007. In 2008, he was a Finalist in the Jerwood Moving Image Awards and was the Winner of Short & Sweet/Getty Images Short Film Challen...
Run Wrake, whose works includes 'Rabbit' and 'The Control Master' and who has collaborated with artists such as Howie B, talks to Engine about his work. Run started experimenting with animation whilst studying Graphic Design at Chelsea School Of Art in the mid-eighties, initially as a means to combine images with music. A Masters degree in Animation at the Royal College Of Art followed, where he discovered the joy and potential of breaking down sound. He has since worked as a freelance Animati...
Engine spoke with Vicki Bennett otherwise known as People Like Us about her work, including her commission for the Great North Run, Work, Rest & Play, We Edit Live and Skew Gardens. Since 1991 British artist Vicki Bennett has been an influential figure in the field of audio visual collage, through her innovative sampling, appropriating and cutting up of found footage and archives. Using collage as her main form of expression, she creates audio recordings, films and radio shows that mix, manipu...