Artist Parastou Forouhar on the eve of the launch of her solo show both at Leighton House (once home to Frederic Lord Leighton) and at Rose Issa Projects, Kensington.
An installation, prints and cloth make up the show, as well as a new series based on the idea of the Papillion.
Curator Rose Issa also contributes to the discussion as Parastou discusses her work through the years and her current exhibition.
An interview with Professor Annabelle Sreberny on the launch of the new Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London).
Prof. Sreberny discusses the aims, purpose and interests of the new centre and explains how it came into being.
Launch Event 16 October 2010, 10:00 AM-9:30 PM
The Centre for Iranian Studies will showcase the range of academic research and teaching across the disciplines of SOAS, including History, Economics, Politics, Literature, Music, Art and Media Studies. It will organise lectures, seminars and conferences, and to both showcase and foster the best of contemporary Iranian talent through film screenings and events.
Launch Tickets: £15, £10 of £5 conc.
Contact: vp6@soas.ac.uk 020 7898 4490
Nonsense- part 1: Sellers and Williams The first of three shows mostly or loosely about nonsense. Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams feature heavily in the first episode with other surprises, treats and old favourites along the way.
Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.
Originally broadcast on 9th February 2010
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Reality Check: Inception / Monsters special effects special
In this edition of the Sci-Fi London Podcast, SFL web editor Chris Patmore guest hosts to bring interviews with two people working and different ends of the special effects budgetary scale. First we speak to Paul Franklin, visual effects supervisor on Chris Nolan’s Inception, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, as well as on the two latest Harry Potter movies.
Then we speak with Gareth Edwards about his debut feature Monsters, and how he got to make it, and doing special effects on his home computer. Gareth was the winner of the first SCI-FI-LONDON 48 Hour Film Challenge, and his feature film is garnering rave reviews around the world. Gareth will be holding a director’s masterclass after the screening of Monsters at Oktoberfest 2010 (see below).
Paul Franklin contemplates the VFX of Inception, Gareth Edwards prepares to shoot Monsters
Links: Interviews with Paul Franklin about Batman Begins and Inception
Pre-order a special Limited Edition of Inception on DVD/Blu-ray (December 6) from Play.com
Read an interview with Gareth Edwards about Monsters
Recommended events:
Sci-Fi London Oktoberfest
Sunday 10th October
Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (42 day) screening
To those of us who got beyond banging the rocks together, 42 is represented in binary as 101010. And so, just in case nothing remarkable happens on the tenth of October 2010, SCI-FI-LONDON will be showing the film.
10AM Apollo Piccadilly Cinema, Lower Regent Street
Thursday 14th October
Evening event at Royal Greenwich Observatory: Life, but as we know it?
A SPECIAL NIGHT investigating Extraterrestrial life in science, fiction and comedy.
We start the evening with a live Planetarium show: Astrobiology – the new science of life in the universe, created in conjunction with astrobiologist Dr Lewis Dartnell, this unique planetarium show will take you on a tour of the planets and moons of our Solar System to ask: are we alone?
On the night we will also be screening a special preview of MONSTERS by Gareth Edward on the planetarium dome. Seats are limited and we will be picking ticket holders to the Astrobiology show at random and offering them a chance to also see the film!
Also: Join some of the activities around the Observatory site. / Touch some real-life visitors from space with a tour of the Observatory’s meteorite collection. / Find out the latest news from NASA’s mission to detect Earth-like worlds and watch a live demo of how we might scan them for signs of life. / Good monster/bad monster – scientists and writers discuss what makes a believable alien lifeform. With Simon Guerrier and Dr Zita Martins / Weather permitting, a chance to see Jupiter’s moon Europa – most likely home of alien life in our Solar System. / Alien Among Us – a real-world game. You’ll need to think, plan, sneak, and escape. It’ll be a blast… REGISTER ON THE NIGHT
6:30PM Royal Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich
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Reality Check: Inception / Monsters special effects special [ 52:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPanel Borders: The Sound of Drowning and Gentlemen Corpses
In the first of a month of shows looking at horror comics, a pair of guest presenters talk to a couple of independent creators whose comics deal with the darker aspects of the human condition, in interviews recorded earlier this year at comic book conventions which help promote small press creators.
Dickon Harris talks to Paul O’Connell, a UK creator who writes and sometimes draws the anthology title The Sound of Drowning and most recently became an internet cause célèbre with his fumetti style mash-up of two very different British cult favourites in A Muppet Wicker Man, in an interview recorded at the Alternative Press Fair.
Liz Lutgendorff talks to Ben Templesmith, an Australian comic book creator best known for his work on titles such as Hellspawn and 30 Days of Night about his creator owned title Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse and his interest in religion and mythology, in an interview recorded at the MCM Expo in London’s Docklands.
Edited and introduced by Alex Fitch.
(Originally broadcast 7th October 2010 on Resonance 104.4 FM)
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Excerpt from The Sound of Drowning #14 by Paul O'Connell and Lawrence Elwick and cover of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse volume two by Ben Templesmith
Links: Ben’s website www.templesmith.com
Listen to the complimentary interview with Ben by Liz about his interest in politics on The Pod Delusion
Listen to Alex Fitch’s interview with Ben at the Autumn 2008 MCM Expo
Paul’s website www.soundofdrowning.com and blog
Read a review of The Sound of Drowning #14 on the Forbidden Planet International blog
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Panel Borders: The Sound of Drowning and Gentlemen Corpses [ 32:46 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadHenry Flynt: Raga Electric Experimental Music 1963-1971: “Central Park Transverse Vocal 1-4 (1963)” Locust Music, followed by an interview with Henry Flynt recorded in London on October 20th in which he speaks mostly about Abstract Film.
“White Lightening” from Back Porch Hillbilly Blues volume 2, Locust Music 2002.
Pat Thomas discusses urban foraging and they changing ways in which we use urban space.
Pat Thomas discusses micro energy.
An interview with award winning artist Mahmoud Bakhshi as he begins his three day residency and prepares for his historic solo show at Saatchi Gallery. The interview is translated by curator Vali Mahlouji, one of the people who nominated Mahmoud for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Arts Prize (MOPCAP) in the first place.
Mahmoud Bakhshi draws inspiration for his works from the political and social issues that surround him. Born in Tehran, Iran, he is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, and has exhibited internationally since 2006. Mahmoud is also supported by the Delfina Foundation.
First broadcast on Sept 20th 2010 from ResonanceFM studios
Hot off the press from France, 1534 by way of translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart in 1653 we have some bawdy tales of filthy and bad behaviour with the longest list of alternative names for the male member known to humanity. Yes, François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel read by Hilton Edwards.
Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.
Originally broadcast on February 2nd 2010
http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php