Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | |
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Born | 4 November 1972 Contemporary Art | 13 February 1973
Awards | Winner of Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) at British Independent Film Awards (2014), Shortlisted for Jarman Award (2014), winner of Golden Athena at Athens International Film Festival, winner of Sundance Directing Award (2014), Great North Run Moving Image Commission (2008), New Contemporaries (1997) |
Website | www.iainandjane.com |
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are British artists and filmmakers.[1]
Life and work
Forsyth and Pollard met and began working collaboratively while studying Fine Art and Art Theory at
They have restaged
Silent Sound, featuring an original score by
Begun while at college, their first project together was publishing "
In 2008 they directed the promo videos for the
Occasionally directing music videos for other artists, they have also worked with The Veils, Fanfarlo, Tindersticks, Scott Walker and Gil Scott-Heron.
In 2009 they were commissioned by the British Film Institute to produce a new work for the BFI Gallery (the contemporary art space at BFI Southbank) called "Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work"[14] a multi-screen 3D video installation featuring Kevin Eldon, Caroline Catz, Terrence Hardiman and Fenella Fielding with Martians played by Ben Crompton, Iain Lee and Ben Moor. The project was curated by Elisabetta Fabrizi, who invited the artists to access the BFI National Archive of film and television, the largest of its kind in the world, to create a new commission.[15][16]
Their first major survey show was presented by the South London Gallery in February–March 2011.[17] In January 2012 they were nominated for the Samsung Art+ Prize.[18]
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are currently represented by Kate MacGarry (London).[19] They have previously worked with Lawrence Eng Gallery (Vancouver)[20] and Galleria Paolo Bonzano (Rome). They are represented as filmmakers by Josh Varney at 42.
Their first feature film was announced by
In 2014 they were shortlisted for the Jarman Award and were awarded a Channel 4 Random Acts Commission.
Filmography
Feature films
Year | Film | Credited as | Production Companies | Notes | |||
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Director | Producer | Writer | Other | ||||
2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | Yes | James Wilson, Dan Bowen | Yes (with Nick Cave) | Produced by Pulse Films and JW Films | Film4 BFI Corniche Pictures | Featuring Nick Cave |
Short films
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Producer | Editor | |||
2015 | Who Is Gil Scott-Heron? | Yes | Commissioned by Richard Russell. Premier UK Screening at FACT Cinema Liverpool in collaboration with Fore-Word Press | ||
2014 | EDIT | Yes | Katie Nicoll | Jonathan Amos | Collaboration with Joe McAlinden. Premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival |
2013 | Jumpers (What must I do to be saved) | Yes | Cally Spooner | Rachael Spann | Commissioned by Live at LICA. Music by Warren Ellis |
2010 | I'm New Here | Yes | Natalie Johns | Dominic Leung | Music promo clip for Gil Scott-Heron |
2009-11 | Do you love me like I love you | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary in 14 parts commissioned by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Mute Records |
2010 | First Kiss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music by Joe McAlinden |
2008 | Run For Me | Yes | Yes | Yes | Winner of the Great North Run Moving Image Commission 2008 |
2007 | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | Yes | Ruby Wright | Yes | Music promo clip for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
2005 | Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches) | Yes | Yes | Robin Mahoney | Featuring Ben Drew (aka Plan B) |
2005 | Anyone else isn't you | Yes | Yes | Yes | Included in the Tate Gallery Collection |
2003 | File under Sacred Music | Yes | Vivienne Gaskin | Robin Mahoney | Commissioned by Arts Council England and the BBC |
Collections
Public collections include:
- Tate Gallery[28]
- Arts Council Collection[29]
- Zabludowicz Collection[30]
- Government Art Collection[31]
- Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg (Mudam)[32]
- Museum De Hallen, Haarlem[33]
- BFI National Archive[34]
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013 Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic (with Scott Walker), Sydney Opera House
- 2013 Jumpers (What must I do to be saved), Live at LICA, Lancaster
- 2011 Audience/Performer, Lighthouse, Brighton
- 2011 New Work, Kate MacGarry, London
- 2011 Romeo Echo Delta, FACT Liverpool and BBC Radio Merseyside
- 2011 Soon, Nuit Blanche, Toronto
- 2011 PUBLICSFEAR, South London Gallery, London
- 2010 Silent Sound, AV Festival, Middlesbrough
- 2009 Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work, BFI Gallery, London (curated by Elisabetta Fabrizi)
- 2009 Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Void Gallery, Derry
- 2009 Performer. Audience. Fuck Off., Site Gallery, Sheffield (performed by Iain Lee)
- 2008 Run For Me, Great North Run Moving Image Commission, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
- 2008 Walking Over Acconci (Misdirected Reproaches), Kate MacGarry, London
- 2008 "Run For Me" Artprojx at Prince Charles Cinema, London (introduced by Andrew Graham-Dixon)
- 2008 "Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard", Lawrence Eng, Vancouver
- 2007 Silent Sound, Art Basel Miami Beach/ Art Positions
- 2007 Grain - an exploration of contemporary landscape using sound, Grain Power Station, Isle of Grain, Kent
- 2007 The 24 seven, Milton Keynes Gallery Project
- 2007 Precious Little, Moving Image Centre Toi Rerehiko, Auckland, New Zealand, touring to The Physics Room, Christchurch
- 2007 The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery
- 2007 Kiss My Nauman, Jarvis Cocker’s Meltdown, Southbank Centre, London
- 2006 Silent Sound, A Foundation/Greenland Street, Liverpool
- 2006 In Brief, Jerwood Space, London
- 2005 Anyone else isn't you, George Rodger Gallery, Maidstone
- 2005 Walking After Acconci (Redirected Approaches), Kate MacGarry, London
- 2005 Anyone else isn't you, The Hospital, Covent Garden, London
- 2004 Everybody else is wrong, Pavilion, Montreal, Canada
- 2003 File under Sacred Music, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
- 1998 A Rock 'N' Roll Suicide, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
- 1998 The kids are alright, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
- 1997 The Smiths is dead, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
- 1997 Doing it for the Kids, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool
- 1996 The World Won't Listen, 30 Underwood Street, London
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- ^ Fabrizi, Elisabetta (ed), 'The BFI Gallery Book', BFI, London 2011, pp.159-170
- ^ Fabrizi, Elisabetta, 'Is this Cinema? Am I right to keep on Trying?' in 'Artists Moving image in Britain since 1989', edited by Balsom, Erika, Perks, Sarah, Reynolds, Lucy, Paul Mellon/Yale University Press, London 2019.
- ^ "Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard: PUBLICSFEAR | Exhibitions". South London Gallery. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Samsung Art+ Prize 2012 | Media Art Competition - SAMSUNG UK". Samsung.com. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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