The Belfast-based artist receives a $15,000 prize and a Channel 4 short-form commission.
Artist Seamus Harahan has won the 2015 Film London Jarman Award, which recognises emerging artist filmmakers.
With the award, Harahan receives a commission for Channel 4’s short-form art strand, Random Acts, and a $15,000 (£10,000) prize.
The prize was presented to the artist at an event on Nov 30 at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
The Belfast-based filmmaker is known for his short art films exploring urban life in the Northern Irish city. His work represented the country at the 2005 Venice Biennale.
Harahan was chosen amongst a total of six shortlisted artists, which included Adam Chodzko, Gail Pickering, Alia Syed, Bedwyr Williams and Andrea Luka Zimmerman.
For the first time, these other shortlisted artists have also received a commission for Random Acts.
Also at the ceremony, Film London’s inaugural Jules Wright Prize for Female Creative Technician was presented to cinematographer Noski Deville, who receives...
Artist Seamus Harahan has won the 2015 Film London Jarman Award, which recognises emerging artist filmmakers.
With the award, Harahan receives a commission for Channel 4’s short-form art strand, Random Acts, and a $15,000 (£10,000) prize.
The prize was presented to the artist at an event on Nov 30 at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
The Belfast-based filmmaker is known for his short art films exploring urban life in the Northern Irish city. His work represented the country at the 2005 Venice Biennale.
Harahan was chosen amongst a total of six shortlisted artists, which included Adam Chodzko, Gail Pickering, Alia Syed, Bedwyr Williams and Andrea Luka Zimmerman.
For the first time, these other shortlisted artists have also received a commission for Random Acts.
Also at the ceremony, Film London’s inaugural Jules Wright Prize for Female Creative Technician was presented to cinematographer Noski Deville, who receives...
- 12/2/2015
- ScreenDaily
Film London announced Seamus Harahan as winner of the 2015 Jarman Award tonight. Harahan was presented with the £10,000 prize by celebrated filmmaker and Jarman contemporary Terence Davies. He was selected from a six-strong shortlist which also included Adam Chodzko, Gail Pickering, Alia Syed, Bedwyr Williams and Andrea Luka Zimmerman. For the first time in the history of the Award, all members of the shortlist will receive broadcast commissions for Channel 4’s Random Acts strand.
The Jury said of the winner: “Seamus Harahan was selected for this year’s Jarman Award thanks to his amazing eye and his intuitiveness, both of which come to the fore in his vignettes of urban life. Elegantly and effectively scored and crafted with a simplicity of means, he makes profoundly beautiful and deeply engaging films that push the boundaries of art and documentary. His work is moving and humorous, making him winner of this year’s Jarman Award.”
Cinematographer Noski Deville was also announced as winner of the inaugural Jules Wright Prize for Female Creative Technician, presented in partnership with The Wapping Project. Deville, who has worked with the likes of Steve McQueen, Isaac Julien and Jarman nominee Alia Syed, was praised for the impact she has made on the field of cinematography and the breadth of her work.
Seamus Harahan's video, installation, film and sound based practice engages directly with place. His starting point is not the making of art; instead his strategy is to forget and just film the social and cultural environment around him.
Harahan uses his video camera to take hand-held, seemingly amateur footage, the contents of this footage, locating himself and locating others, through found activity occurring around him. The main subject is often the urban environment, its incidental detail and fugitive nature.
Music is a vital element in all of Harahan's works, with songs used as soundtracks or informing the composition, title or duration of individual pieces. The artist takes songs from an eclectic range of sources, including reggae and hip hop as well as English and Irish traditional music.
The Jury said of the winner: “Seamus Harahan was selected for this year’s Jarman Award thanks to his amazing eye and his intuitiveness, both of which come to the fore in his vignettes of urban life. Elegantly and effectively scored and crafted with a simplicity of means, he makes profoundly beautiful and deeply engaging films that push the boundaries of art and documentary. His work is moving and humorous, making him winner of this year’s Jarman Award.”
Cinematographer Noski Deville was also announced as winner of the inaugural Jules Wright Prize for Female Creative Technician, presented in partnership with The Wapping Project. Deville, who has worked with the likes of Steve McQueen, Isaac Julien and Jarman nominee Alia Syed, was praised for the impact she has made on the field of cinematography and the breadth of her work.
Seamus Harahan's video, installation, film and sound based practice engages directly with place. His starting point is not the making of art; instead his strategy is to forget and just film the social and cultural environment around him.
Harahan uses his video camera to take hand-held, seemingly amateur footage, the contents of this footage, locating himself and locating others, through found activity occurring around him. The main subject is often the urban environment, its incidental detail and fugitive nature.
Music is a vital element in all of Harahan's works, with songs used as soundtracks or informing the composition, title or duration of individual pieces. The artist takes songs from an eclectic range of sources, including reggae and hip hop as well as English and Irish traditional music.
- 12/1/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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