On December 13th 2011, Backlit hosted their very first Future Short Screening.

Future Shorts is the largest short film network in the world.

Since 2003 they have built a new audience for film across the globe, developed a platform for filmmakers that allows millions of people worldwide to engage with their work.

Working across exhibition, distribution and experiential events, Future Shorts is the product of 9 years of audience development, experimentation and of reacting to the demand for another way of experiencing film.

Operating online, in live events and through commercial distribution, we believe strongly in the social experience of film; in cinema as a communicator and community that should not be restricted by geography, status, wealth or politics.

Sister company Future Cinema has become world renowned for re-imagining the cinema-going experience and championing ‘Live Cinema’, with events such as Secret Cinema receiving international acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

Film. Music. Art. People. This is Future Shorts.The World’s Biggest Pop Up Film Festival.

The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. Anyone, anywhere can set up a screening and be part of a massive screening network and a powerful global community.

Future Shorts breaks boundaries, borders and conventions to connect a global audience to the worlds best short films. The creators of the acclaimed Secret Cinema, Future Shorts have redefined the way we experience film. The festival is a true celebration of cinema as a communicator and community.

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Tracey McMaster is an artist and curator whose work originates from the social and cultural context within which it is produced, involving the audience as catalysts and collaborators, making the familiar humorous and absurd.

McMaster experiments with restrictions, language and the dialogue with the audience, often making the audience rethink their own environments through the form of live art, video, performance.

Links:

http://www.scale2010.com/page13.html

http://vimeo.com/13327015

In 1972, Jon Pask was sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn’t commit. He promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire Jon Pask.

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My current work is focused upon issues of translation.

Much of my previous work, has been based on responses to sites and the shifting perceptions of a place. Most of my work is temporary, relying upon the visitors and audience to complete the work. The media used varies from physical structures to sound and writing.

Based in Nottingham, I work nationally and internationally with a range of clients as well as creating my own bodies of work. I have project managed events involving hundreds of people and many artists – whilst also creating quiet contemplative spaces where one person can experience a close interaction with their environment. My locations include housing estates, airports, libraries, galleries, medieval chapels and rivers.

I am also a university lecturer – teaching Fine Art, theory and professional practice and have been a regular mentor for various art programmes. I have held a number of professional positions including Lead Artist for Groundwork East Midlands – where I devised a Public Art strategy known as Creative Regeneration Programme.
Links:

http://voiceofanother.wordpress.com/

http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~achc/pages/homepage.html

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=6639

Rachel Parry is an Experimental Live Artist. Parry works in a variety of media including site-specific installations, video, physical theatre, live interactive experiments, dance, intimate one on one performance pieces and stealthy interventions.

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMDRkk17ZM

Biography

Martin Lewis background was in ceramics. He exhibited widely throughout the UK, including shows at the Anatol Orient Gallery and the Hart Gallery in London. Articles written about his work appeared in the publications Ceramics; Art & Perception. Sister Wendy Beckett wrote on his work for Ceramic Review.  In 1990 he became a fellow of the CPA.  In 1992 he began teaching at Warwickshire College as well as being a visiting lecturer at Loughborough College of Art.

In 1998 he studied fine art part –time at Sheffield Hallam University receiving his MA 2002. He stopped teaching in 2009 and now concentrates full time on his practice. Martin’s current concern with drawing and systems began in 2008.

Statement

The Fibonacci number is formed by adding the preceding two numbers to get the next one: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377,

The Fibonacci number system is used as an organising structure for the drawings. Points are marked on a surface. The points are linked to create a line. This line is mapped as closely as possible by a second line. Each preceding line is mapped by a subsequent line until the surface is covered, or a predetermined time limit is reached. One drawing represents one number from the system

The nomadic drawings are part of an ongoing work. In each subsequent drawing the numbers of points placed on it increases in accordance with the Fibonacci sequence;

The drawings will continue until the biggest Fibonacci number calculated to date is reached: 222232244629420445529739893461909967206666939096499764990979600

Links:

http://www.scale2010.com/page15.html