Earlier this month Animate Projects released our short documentary ‘Making WORK’ online to run alongside four artist films made as part of the WORK Project.
Per Animate Projects, “WORK is about the experience and organisation of contemporary working lives. Four artists’ films explore contemporary working lives in the middle of England and were filmed in Derby, Thrapston, Birmingham and Bolsover, by artists Dryden Goodwin (Alongside), Jenny Holt (The Great Bear), Esther Johnson (A Role To Play), and Adam Lewis Jacob (People Meeting In A Room).”
YSP Media creative director Christopher Bevan was commissioned by Animate Projects to develop a short contextual film featuring interviews with key individuals involved in WORK, including artists, partner organisations and project leads as well as participants who were involved in some of the films.
“Devised by Animate Projects, WORK is a collaboration with four other Midlands arts organisations: QUAD, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Vivid Projects and Junction Arts. Each organisation worked with an artist, helping them engage workers in the process of making their film. WORK is generously supported by Jerwood Arts and using public funding by Arts Council England.”
The films created for WORK had their premiere online on International Workers’ Day, 1st May 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic halted any plans for physical screenings and exhibitions. Several months later our short documentary ‘Making WORK’ joined these four films online, and it is hoped that as we move further into 2021 and restrictions are eased, there will be opportunities for all of the artists films and our contextual piece to be screened to the general public.
All films are now available online at the official WORK Project website. Our thanks go to Gary Thomas and Abigail Addison of Animate Projects for bringing us onboard this wonderful project. You can watch our full film ‘Making WORK’ below.
