Edge of Frame Weekend

Sunset Strip is day-by-day animated diary of a year's sunsets, recorded directly onto a continuous strip of 35mm film. The film was commissioned by The Arts Council and Channel 4, and funded through an Animate Award.The opening programme, 'Elemental Animation', features Kayla Parker's 35mm film Sunset Strip: "A programme of works which use the material of film itself as a canvas. These visceral, vibrant films feature camera-less techniques such as scratching, painting and printing onto the filmstrip, subjecting film to decay and decomposition, and affixing materials such as letraset or insects to its surface. The remarkable visions created through these diverse approaches fill the frame with dynamic textures and colour, and many will be presented on 16mm and 35mm prints. Seen in the cinema, these works achieve a powerful effect, immersing us in strange and previously unseen worlds, and displaying the breadth and scope of abstract film." The event is part of the 2016 London International Animation Festival. Cinema screening followed by audience Q+A discussion with artist film-makers Kayla Parker, Ian Helliwell, and Vicky Smith, facilitated by the Edge of Frame curator and organiser Edwin Rostron