Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope
Nominated by: Bryan and Laura Davies
UK
Lives/works: UK
Statement
Our recent work has mainly taken the form of feature-length films in which we appear as well as direct and write. They are documentary in origin, but our roles within the films are as live provocateurs rather than narrators, experiencing the journey of the film along with its participants. We continue to work in other media when the context of a commission demands it: In 2006, on a residency in rural Japan, we held a drawing workshop for villagers (see image) and began an ongoing project to develop a creative cottage business with village women. What interests us is the possibility of our work as a catalyst for personal or collective change.
Recent Exhibitions (Download full CV here)
2007 Return of the Seven Samurai Group exhibition curated by Grizedale Arts for Lucie Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2006/7 Living with the Tudors Feature film part commissioned by Channel 4 Documentary Film Foundation. In post- production for release summer 2007
2006 Virtually Grizedale (Liverpool Biennal) Group exhibition curated by Grizedale Arts for A Foundation, Greenland Street, Liverpool (UK)
2006 Seven Samurai Collaborative residency in Japan, Echigo-Tsumari Triennale. Performances at Ikebukero Arts Festival (Toyko) & Nobutai (Matsudai)
2005 'Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future'- Feature film commissioned by Commissions East and distributed by Somewhere. Selected for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2005 and SXSW (Texas) 2006. Screened extensively at UK arthouse cinemas, arts events incl. ‘Late at Tate’, East End Film Festival, London Architecture Biennal. See www.bata-ville.com
www.somewhere.org.uk
www.sevensamurai.jp
www.livingwiththetudors.com
