William Wegman And Man Ray
Dogs have been a central part of William Wegman’s life and art for over fifty years. His first collaborator was the camera-loving Weimaraner Man Ray, who was an active protagonist in many of Wegman’s early videos, shot in his New York studio in the 1970s.
William Kentridge
This presentation of two short films, made some twenty years apart, offers a window into the creative processes of celebrated South African artist William Kentridge.
Being John Smith
In Being John Smith, 2024, the artist reflects on the ordinariness of his name and its profound impact on his sense of self.
Wind, Tide & Oar
Using a 1960s hand-wound camera, Huw Wahl shot Wind, Tide & Oar over a three-year period. In that time he followed a diverse array of traditional boats and the people who sail them as they journey through rivers, along coastlines and across open seas.
MARGARET SALMON
Margaret Salmon creates intense and beautiful filmic portraits that focus on the minutiae of the everyday. Her close observations of human behaviour, plants and animals are both ethnographic and poetic in nature.
Three Short Films
Films by artists Samuel Bestwick, Georgia Gendall and Jo Lathwood will be shown as looped screenings on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 April. Each work focuses on a place in Cornwall or Devon and examines human relationships with nature and the effects of large scale industry.
Black Beauty
African fashion model Alexandra Cartier meets Jorge Luis Borges in a visionary experience.
The Directors
The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis
Clay Country
An exploration of Cornwall’s China Clay industry and how, to this day, it shapes the region’s landscape, culture and experience
Bridgit
BRIDGIT (2016), offers a complex meditation on the relationship between place, time and identity.
FORAGERS
Jumana Manna’s feature-length film Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel.
FULL OF DAYS
Full of Days is artist Andy Holden’s personal response to another artist’s life.
QUESTIONS OF FAITH
Mark Wallinger’s work poses big questions about identity, and about the social, cultural and political power structures that guide us.
FLECHA SELVAGEM
Presented by Eden Project at CAST, Flecha Selvagem / Wild Arrows is a seven-part series of short films