Proof

Kate Sweeney (2013, 15m14s, video)

A poetic glimpse into the archives of the North East poetry publisher Bloodaxe Books, the contents of which were recently purchased by Newcastle University.
The film was made by artist Kate Sweeney in collaboration with poets Tara Bergin and Anna Woodford.

 

Material

Kate Sweeney (2016, 4m28s, video)

‘Material‘ brings together the researchers, poets and participants in the AHRC-funded project ‘The Poetics of the Archive’ to tell the story of building the archive and responding creatively to it. It implies the cyclic nature of art and that archives are both generative and inspirational resources for artists, poets and the creation of new work.

 

Conversations for an Archive

Kate Sweeney (2016, 52m28s, video)

Eight poets, published by Bloodaxe Books, discuss their practice in relation to the concepts of archiving, form and content, shadow-selves, and their poetry ancestors. The interviews were conducted by poets, Colette Bryce and Ahren Warner.

 

Hammersmith

Kate Sweeney, (2016, 4m28s, video, poetry by Sean O’Brien)

In response to extracts from Sean O’ Brien’s same-titled poem, and drawing from the iconic cinematography from Jules Dessin’s 1950 noir film, ‘Night And The City‘, ‘Hammersmith‘ is an elegiac, hand-drawn animation sweeping through 1950’s London.

 

Prelude

Kate Sweeney (2017, 13m01s, video, poetry by Linda Anderson)

 

Work

Kate Sweeney (2018, 3m24s, hand-drawn animated video, poetry by Anna Woodford)

 

Antiphonal

Kate Sweeney (2014, video, poetry by Gillian Allnutt, Linda Anderson, Peter Armstrong, Peter Bennet, Colette Bryce, Christy Ducker, Alistair Elliot, Cynthia Fuller, Linda France, Bill Herbert, Pippa Little and Sean O’Brien)