The Man Who Fell to Millom (AKA Disaggregated Industries)

Topping, Jane; Vernon, Mark

The Man Who Fell to Millom (AKA Disaggregated Industries)

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Topping, Jane and Vernon, Mark (2018) The Man Who Fell to Millom (AKA Disaggregated Industries).
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The Man Who Fell to Millom (AKA Disaggregated Industries)

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Creators/Authors:

Topping, Jane and Vernon, Mark

Abstract:

The Man Who Fell to Millom (AKA Disaggregated Industries) is a short, atmospheric, science fiction film set in Millom by Jane Topping and Mark Vernon.
As two Glasgow-based artists commissioned by the Moving Mountains Festival to make a film about Ghyll Scaur Quarry, we were acutely aware of our ‘outsider’ status. So, our approach was to imagine discovering Millom, its rich industrial past and its people, as if we were aliens, sifting through audio and images that we found in the ether. Using a collage technique, we pieced together a science fiction narrative for the town of Millom, haunted by the poetry of Norman Nicholson.
This film has been shown in a group exhibition at The Vallum Gallery, Carlisle (2019) and been the subject of papers at University of Falmouth (2020) and The University of Cumbria (2022). It is published in Gothic Nature Journal Issue 2 (2022).

Official URL:

https://vimeo.com/297508609

Additional Information:

MURKY WATERS: Group Exhibition contribution: The Man Who Fell to Millom (2018)

MURKY WATERS curated by Rosy Naylor
Portobello Promenade, by Pipe Street (D)
Saturday 10 September, 8.30-9.40pm

Also screenings at Art Walk Hub (H)
1-11 September

MURKY WATERS explores imagined, unknown futures relating to climate change, whilst considering the invisible sea. We look at how artists embrace such complexities and can communicate our anxieties around such prevailing change. We seek to unravel the invisible, in our seas and rivers; and in the way we understand, and interpret such changing times. Our SALT programme of exhibitions, installations, participatory art, live art, open studios, art in shops, film, walks & talks is now live at our website.

SALT represents a new programme forging an interdisciplinary approach of inquiry that connects Edinburgh’s coastal ecologies with the global climate crisis, interweaving art, science and ecology.

More than 60 artists take part across the full programme which includes artist projects from our SALT residency artists, commissions & events, publication launches, open studio weekends, art in local shops, and more.

https://www.artwalkporty.co.uk/film2022.html
https://www.artwalkporty.co.uk/artwalkporty2022.html

Funders: The National Lottery, Creative Scotland, Edinburgh City Council

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Folk Horror; Science Fiction; The Nuclear Coast; Post-industrial landscape; collage

Media of Output:

Single Screen Video

School/Academic Area:

School of Fine Art

Dates:

Date

Date Type

2 November 2018

Published

Status:

Published

Funders:

University of Cumbria Institute of the Arts, The Moving Mountains Festival, Millom

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Event Title:

Matter Matters: Performance - Film - Installation

Event Location:

The Millom Palladium

Event Dates:

2 November 2018

Projects:

The Man Who Fell to Millom

Output Type:

Video

Output ID:

7892

Date Deposited:

21 Apr 2022 14:44

Last Modified:

25 Aug 2022 11:21

Deposited By:

Jane Topping

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Jane Topping

Lecturer MLitt Contemporary Art Practice

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