biography
Artist film-maker who works with photography, drawing, animation, film, writing, performance, found objects, and sound to create single and multiple screen moving image. A particular interest in the body in relation to space/time, still/moving, liminal places, and interior landscape/s. Lecturer in media arts and a doctoral candidate.
http://www.kaylaparker.co.uk
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exhibitions 2010 selected
public//domain a festival of digital art, music, interaction and screenings, Bournemouth (16 - 18 July 2010)
The Purpose of Drawing exhibition of work by staff from University of Plymouth and Partner Colleges, curated by Jacqui Knight and Patrick Lowry, Cube Gallery, Portland Square, University of Plymouth (7 June - 2 July 2010)
The Falmouth Connection: Annexinema film programme, The Poly cinema, Falmouth (22 May 2010)
One Minute (volume 4) international touring programme of artists' moving image, curated by Kerry Baldry. Presented by Directors Lounge Contemporary Art and Media at the Meinblau, Berlin (4 June), and at the C.A.R. (Contemporary Art Ruhr) Essen, Germany (2 - 4 July 2010); PRISM at S1Artspace, Sheffield (14 May 2010); Moors Bar, Crouch End Open Studios, London (Premiere: 6 May, then 8 - 9 May 2010)
The Women's Art Show 2010 exhibition, Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke (26 February - 1 April 2010)
Animated Exeter 'Kinetic Animation' programme curated by Jayne Pilling (13 February 2010)
Finding Place exhibition, Scott Building, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth (3 - 26 February 2010)
London Short Film Festival 'Femmes Fantastique' and 'Leftfield and Luscious' programmes, ICA, London (9 and 10 January 2010)
exhibitions 2000 - 2009 selected
One Minute (volume 3) international touring programme of artists' moving image, curated by Kerry Baldry. GLIMMER Hull Film Festival closing party (25 April 2010); presented by Lumen at Merion Centre, Leeds (3 December 2009 - 14 January 2010); Half an Hour from Paradise exhibition at Marseille Project Gallery, France (19 - 26 September 2009); presented by Directors Lounge (Berlin) at Contemporary Art Ruhr c.a.r. 09, Essen, Germany (5 - 7 June 2009)
AnimateTV: Animate Projects presents new films for 2009, Starr Auditorium Tate Modern. Introduced by Stuart Comer, Tate Modern Film Curator (3 December 2009)
Trace and Transience exhibition of photography, film and painting from Land/Water and the Visual Arts, Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art, London (5 - 16 May 2009)
PoetryFilm Party presented by Malgorzata Kitowski, featuring a selection of PoetryFilms on the theme of dream. Curzon Soho Bar, London (22 April 2009)
Animate: Britu animācijas īsfilmu programma, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Liepaja and Riga, Latvia (April 2009)
FilmCraft: Framework curated and presented by Matt Hulse. Thinking through Craft event, IC: Innovative Craft, Edinburgh (31 January 2009)
Artist Cinema: Circle Line exhibition of experimental work by "film artists who have explored fundamental geometric forms, moving away from conventional cinema into realms of abstraction, colour and music." Sallis Benney Theatre, CineCity Brighton Film Festival (5 December 2008)
Film Circus! Artists' Films exhibition Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (10 - 11 May 2008)
Night: A Time Between artists' film programme, Royal West of England Academy exhibition, curated by Dr Janette Kerr RWA, Visiting Research Fellow, Bristol School of Art and Design, University of the West of England. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (7 May 2008)
Artists' film programme Quay Arts, Isle of Wight (14 Jan 2008)
Late at Tate: Freedom and Dream exhibition of "rare avant-garde film" curated by Malgorzata Kitowski, Tate Britain (5 October 2007)
The Platform International Animation Festival 'Animate! Extending the Imagination' retrospective programme featuring "some of the most remarkable works of British animation" since 1990, Northwest Film Center: Whitsell Auditorium/Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon, USA (25 - 30 June 2007)
Extending the Imagination: Dick Arnall and Artist's Animation introduced by Gareth Evans. Cambridge Picture House, Cambridge (14 April 2007)
National Review of Live Art 'Definitive Stories' screening programme, Tramway, Glasgow (February 2007)
Moving the Image "short animated films by women from the 1950's to the present day" Hull Film and Hull Screen, the Women's Arts and Media Project, University of Lincoln (26 January 2007)
Aurora animate! re-visions Cinema City, Norwich (November 2006)
Festival Internacional de Curta-Metragem de São Paulo 'Programa Lux Films' curated by Ian Helliwell, with the support of the British Council, Brasil (24 August - 2 September 2006)
Undercover Surrealism exhibition: 'The New Flesh Incarnate', Upstairs at the Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London (July 2006)
Extending the Image Hull Screen University of Lincoln, and Electric Palace Hastings (2006)
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 'Sounds of Images': "special programme ... taking a look at the manifold artistic experiments in sound and image. From the 1920s and 30s to the present, from the early modernist stages of the mechanical reproduction of works of art to the digital age – artist-engineers have always been quick to work with and recontextualise new technology in order to render musical structures visible, and their work left its mark especially on the animated film." (Programme notes) Hamburg, Germany (31 May - 5 June 2006)
Tracing the Contours: Portraiture and Place in Contemporary Animation 'Route Masters: Portraits in Transition' with Iain Sinclair, National Portrait Gallery, London (13 April 2006)
Born Free, PSP and cinema screening, V&A, London (January 2006)
Halloween Festival 'Death to Animation' initiative with Dick Arnall, ICA, London (January 2006)
Stuart Moore and Kayla Parker exhibition: 'Verge' 16mm diptych installation, and other works, Salt Gallery, Hayle, Kernow. Solo exhibtion with Stuart Moore (16 July - 19 August 2005)
Norwegian Short Film Festival 'Lux Unlocked 2', curated by Ian Helliwell, Grimstad, Norway (June 2005)
The Naked Animator Edinburgh Filmhouse, Scotland (2 April 2005)
Tricky Women 05 'Focus Great Britain 2: British Animation Awards' curated by Jayne Pilling, and 'Festival Specials' curated by Doris Cleven, Wien, Austria (3 - 6 March 2005). Group touring programme: St Polten, Linz, Freistadt, Lenzing, Innsbruck and Feldkirch; and 'Tricky Women: Festivals im Dialog', augartenkino kiz, Diagonale05 festival of Austrian film, Graz, Austria (17 March 2005)
Holland Animation Film Festival 'The Naked Animator', Utrecht, Netherlands; Hoogt II (5 November 2004), Camera (7 November 2004)
Blip@Newlyn exhibition Newlyn Art Gallery. Blip, in association with Newlyn Art Gallery, Arts Council England, Falmouth College of Arts, Digital Peninsula Network, the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex (26 - 30 October 2004)
Stuart Moore and Kayla Parker exhibition: 'wort/wall/water' 16mm installation, and other works, Salt Gallery, Hayle, Kernow. Solo exhibtion with Stuart Moore (September - October 2004)
Experiments in Moving Image curated by Dr Jackie Hatfield and Stephen Littman, Lumiere Cinema, University of Westminster, London (26 January - 1 February 2004)
Roadshow: a Grizedale Arts touring show film programme curated by Rêl Institute and Philip Ilson; other films shown include The Light Surgeons’ Gilligan’s Travels: City of Hollow Mountains and Thumbnail Express; UK tour (May – October 2003)
Przeglad animacji artystycznej z Wielkiej Brytantii curated by Gary Thomas (Arts Council of England) and Urszula Sniegowska (KINO.LAB), with the British Council, Poland (25 - 27 October 2002)
text2002 Festival, programmed by Simon Persighetti, Exeter Phoenix Auditorium, Exeter (9 May 2002)
Gene UK tour: short film programme and ‘art’ club with readings by Irvine Welsh and Howard Marks to accompany the band Gene on its 12 gig UK tour, curated by Philip Ilson and presented by Halloween (27 October - 10 November 2001)
Animation: synaesthesia in the experimental animated film exhibition curated by Suzie Hanna; with Oskar Fischinger, Jeff Keen, Len Lye, Norman McLaren and Clive Walley (17 October - 10 November 2001)
MUTE LOOPS exhibition at Lux Gallery, London, UK (11 July 2001)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival: 'British Animation' programme representing a century of animation from Britain (4 - 9 June 2001)
Film into Retina curated by Ian Helliwell, Brighton Cinematheque (24 May 2001)
Music in May The British Council and Singapore Film Society under the auspices of The National Arts Council of Singapore, UK2000 Creativity and Innovation touring programme, Singapore (23 - 31 May 2001)
Screenspace exhibition, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol (1 - 16 April 2001)
Animac Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animaci de Catalunya 'Animate', Spain (February 2001)
Animated Exeter 'Celtic Connections' programme (February 2001)
Blood documentary programme, Tag/Traum for ZDF/ARTE. Television broadcast, Germany (2001)
Animation: A Passionate Obsession exhibition, curated by Louise Vaughan, the Barbican, London (21 September – 29 October 2000)
D-Net: New British Work 2 exhibition Lux Centre, London (October 2000)
exhibitions 1990 - 1999 selected
Berlin InterFilm Festival Germany (8 - 13 December 1998)
Pandaemonium: The London Festival of Moving Images London Electronic Arts and the Lux Centre, London (October 1999)
Experimenta Media Arts exhibition: Wanderlust curated by Keely Macarow and Susi Allender, Melbourne, Australia (September 1999)
Art Animation exhibition, ICA, London (1999)
Oslo Animation Festival 'Animasjon som Musikk' programme, Norway (British Council) (28 April - 2 May 1999)
Stuttgart Filmwinter Germany (14 -17 January 1999)
Rencontres Internationales Art cinéma / vidéo / ordinateur 'La Nature Revisitée' programme, Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki, Cinéma des Cinéastes Paris (22 - 28 April 1998)
Abstract Art on Film: From the Plastic to the Fantastic 'Abstract Film in the 90s' programme curated by Adam Clitheroe: “showcases the latest works by veterans such as Stan Brakhage alongside the innovations of younger film makers, who demonstrate a fluid ability to appropriate the trimmings of modern culture in the service of abstract imagery.” (Programme notes) Lux cinema, London, UK (Presented by London Film Makers’ Co-op) (26 and 28 March 1998)
Dope Sheet Channel 4. Television broadcast, UK. Interview with Kayla Parker with extracts from the film in the “Briterati” programme of “the most distinctive and innovative new British animation.” (4 and 13 November 1997)
Artists’ Film and Video: Painterly Animation, Clore Gallery Auditorium, Tate Gallery, London, UK. Presented by the Arts Council of England (September 1997)
13th Hamburg International Short Film Festival Germany. No Budget competition: Silver Award (18 - 22 June 1997)
IMPAKT Festival voor Experimentele Kunst 'Panorama: It’s About Time' programme: “In another one of her ‘direct movies’, Kayla Parker presents a visual diary of mesmerising sunsets, portraying the sun setting behind the ‘shutter’ of the earth 365 times a year, doing away with the camera as a recording device and working directly on strip of film, she re-creates a ‘natural’ film of light and colour.” (Programme notes) Utrecht, Netherlands (7 - 11 May 1997). Impakt 97: Highlights Tour of the Netherlands 'Stars on 35' touring programme (12 May - 15 June 1997)
Hiding Behind the Sofa: A Festival of Film and Video Works by Women Artists exhibition Prema Arts Centre gallery, Uley, Gloucestershire (2 March - 13 April 1997)
International Celtic Film and Television Festival ‘Animation from the South West’ programme of short films by independent film-makers of south west Britain, curator and presenter; and panel member for Animated Language event, Tregenna Castle, St Ives, Kernow (20 March 1997)
VideoBrasil 96: 'See You Later: UK TV and Artists' programme curated by Michael Mazière, and presented by London Electronic Arts, Sao Paolo Brasil (December 1996)
Vidéo Art Plastique: 10èmes Rencontres Hérouville Saint-Clair Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville, France (November – December 1996)
Interstice: Seen Unseen Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (August 1996)
Divine: De-Verse exhibition of work by women artists which “display exquisite artistry in their investigation of personal concerns and shared sensuous vision.” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (June 1996)
Beyond the Margins: Celebration of 100 Years of Women in Film Making 'The World Within Us' programme, Watershed, Bristol (27 and 28 April 1996)
Pandaemonium: The London Festival of Moving Images presented by London Electronic Arts, ICA, London (March - April 1996)
Women Making Movies British Film Institute touring programme, UK (1996)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany; and EMAF 1995-1996 touring programme, Germany and Hong Kong, including Munchner Filmzentrum (September 1996)
Alive and Kicking, What You See is What You Get ICA Biennial touring programme, curated by John Wyver, worldwide (1995)
Free Radicals ICA Projects touring programme, UK (premiere: June 1995)
Vivid Visions II Tate St Ives (January 1995)
Frame By Frame Plymouth Arts Centre. Solo exhibition (November - December 1994)
VIPER Luzern, Switzerland (October 1994)
Potato: A Film and Video Show exhibition curated by Gary Thomas, Steve Mcintyre, and Alison Jacques, Independent Art Space, London (23 September - 22 October 1994)
MEDIAWAVE ’94 Györ, Hungary (26 April - 1 May 1994)
Art into Film with Stan Brakhage, David Anderson, and Mario Cavalli, National Film Theatre, London; for Tate's RB Kitaj Retrospective exhibition (1994)
Strandline exhibition Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (1994)
Peintures Mouvantes, Emulsions Sculptées Vidéotheque de Paris, France (1994)
Women in the Director's Chair Chicago, USA (1994)
English Films and Videos SDR Stuttgart. Television broadcast, Germany (1994)
Hygiene and Hysteria London Film Makers' Co-op touring programme, curated by Ian Rashid and Sarah Turner, worldwide (1994)
Secret Passions, interview with Kayla Parker and extracts from the film 'Cage of Flame' in the documentary programme; 'Cage of Flame' screened in Four-Mations after programme, Channel 4. Television broadcast, UK (1993)
Forces of Nature Tate St Ives (1993)
Edinburgh Film Festival 'Animation' programme (1993)
Altre Inquadrature: Uno Sguardo Sul Cinema Indipendente 'Frame by Frame' programme, the first of two programmes of films from the London Film Makers’ Co-op, which included films by Robert Breer and Len Lye. Cage of Flame: "Una metafora sulla contraddittoria posizione della donna rispetto al ciclo mestruale: i poteri (relazione con la notte, il fuoco, il magico) e l’essere controllata dalla natura e dall’influenza lunare." (Programme notes) Milan, Italy (spring 1993)
Innovations Cornerhouse, Manchester (1993)
34th Festival Internacional de Cine de Bilbao: Documentary y Cortometraje Bilbao, Spain (30 November - 4 December 1992)
IMPAKT Festival voor Experimentele Kunst 'A is for Animation' programme, Utrecht, Nertherlands (25 - 29 November 1992)
Arrows of Desire ICA Biennial touring programme, selected by Peter Wollen, worldwide (1992)
London Film Festival 'Animation at the Cutting Edge' (November 1992)
Mutations de l'Image: art cinéma / vidéo / ordinateur, Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki, A.S.T.A.R.T.I., Vidéotheque de Paris, France (1992)
4 Uluslararasi Istanbul Kisa Film, programme of English film, which also included Tina Keane’s Neon Diver (1991) and Andrew Kötting’s Acumen (1991) Istanbul, Turkey (2 - 7 March 1992)
New British Film-Makers Tate Gallery, London (1992)
The Dazzling Image II Channel 4. Television broadcast, UK (1992)
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany (1991); and touring programme 1991-1992
Out of the West: A Touring Programme of Independent Film and Video from South-West England curated by Peter Carpenter. South West Arts touring programme, UK (1990 - 1993)
London Film Festival 'Fear, Phantasy and Myth' programme (1990)
Getting Animated South West Arts touring programme, UK (1990)
Metaphors, Monologues and Landscapes Film and Video Umbrella touring programme, worldwide (1990)
filmography selected
2010 Verge 360* HD film for 360 degree digital immersive environment
2010 Glass HD film
2009 Teign Spirit* HD film, commissioned by Animate Projects for CABE's Sea Change initiative
2009 Twenty Foot Square* HD film
2009 Verge: Nocturne* Super 16mm film
2009 White Body digital film
2008 Heirloom Super Super 16mm film (loop)
2007 Small World* HD film, commissoned for 'Definitive Stories', National Revue of Live Art screening programme
2006 Poppies Super 16mm film (loop) (silent), with triptych of photographic prints
2005 Verge* Super 16mm diptych film installation (loop), [DVD], commission Salt Gallery, Hayle, Kernow
2004 A Short Walk* 16mm film, no.w.here launch, London
2004 wort / wall / water* 16mm triptych film installation (loop) (silent), [DVD]
2002 Life in the Bus Lane* digital film, A Living City project commission, Plymouth Arts Centre, South West Arts and the National Lottery
2001 Inner City digital film, Year of the Artist, Arts Council/South West Media Development Agency
2001 Physic digital film (loop), commissioned by Aune Head Arts for 'Dartmoor Lives and Landscapes'
2000 Walking Out 16mm film, Arts Council/South West Arts
1997 Project* Super 8mm and BetaSP film, National Lottery/London Filmmakers' Co-op
1996 Sunset Strip 35mm film, Channel 4/Arts Council Animate Award commission
1994 As Yet Unseen video installation (loop), with photographic prints
1994 Elemental* Super 8mm film, commissioned by Plymouth City Museum Art Galley for 'Strandline' exhibition
1994 As Yet Unseen 16mm film, comissioned by BFI Production
1993 Night Sounding 16mm film, One Minute Television BBC/Arts Council commission for BBC2's The Late Show
1992 Cage of Flame 16mm film, Channel 4/Arts Council Animate Award commission
1992 Canntaireachd 16mm film, Scottish Television commission for 'Canan nan Gaidhael' documentary
1991 Unknown Woman 16mm film, Arts Council/South West Arts
1990 Nuclear Family 16mm film, Television South West/South West Arts Film Award
1989 Looks Familiar 16mm film
Note: these works* are in collaboration with Stuart Moore
