Magic Lantern Residency: Alex Schady


Co-commissioned by Animate Projects and Camden Arts Centre, Alex Schady undertook the Magic Lantern animation residency programme from September 2008 to March 2009.

The residency was structured around two film screenings curated by the residency artist, including animations made during Camden Arts Centre's festival workshops and a selection of films from the Animate archive.

After collaboration with families from Lithos Road Community Centre, the residency culminated with the creation of a new work, Everything Must Go, which was shown at Camden Arts Centre in March 2009.


Films


Artist's statement September 2008

In working with residents from the Lithos Road Housing estate I will adopt a collaborative approach. I am interested in developing a series of workshops that explore animation techniques and in doing so produced a series of outcomes that could provide a wealth of material for a finished piece. The workshops would be tightly structured and investigate themes that reflected my own concerns, but the final piece would be a collaboration between the residents and myself.

I want to invite the participating families to consider the possibility of supernatural happenings or unexplained events within the housing estate. Science fiction has always interested me as it seems to offer a way of discussing fears or anxieties that exist in the real world and I thought this could be an interesting way of approaching the project.

'Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 21st century.' J. G. Ballard


Camden Arts Centre

At Camden Arts Centre you will not only view art but experience the creative process of making and thinking about art.

Camden Arts Centre works with local community partners to develop projects and to encourage more local visitors to use the space. Camden Arts Centre gives people of all ages the space to be creative and experiment.

As well as regular courses there are free family days all year round at Camden Arts Centre using the studios. The Magic Lantern films and courses for all the family, brings together all ages and all levels of experience. Led by artists the workshops are stimulating and energetic.


 

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