RSA200 Moving Image Programme:
Culture Above and Beyond
Films that centre on rural and wilder places.
In Culture Above and Beyond Parts One and Two we have a range of films that have a setting that is rural or coastal, rather than urban. This setting is explored visually, revealing the fundamental beauty of nature. These works, in different ways, also focus on the profound social and cultural effects of the environment, natural and physical.
Part One
(Running time: 32 minutes)
Daniel Cook, Love Letters from Aberdeenshire, 2022 (20:10)
Tim Sandys, North Platte, 2016 (10:27)
In Love Letters from Aberdeenshire, Daniel Cook relates a narrative of lost love. This is supported by the romantic lusciousness of Elvis' songs, contrasting with the testing living conditions of a northern fishing community.
In North Platte, Tim Sandys creates a percussive, rhythmic musical work with crisp sunlit visuals in the unlikely setting of an industrial railway junction located at snowbound North Platte, Nebraska, USA.
Image: Tim Sandys, North Platte, 2016 (still)
RSA200: Celebrating Together is a national programme marking the 200th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture.
The RSA200: Moving Image Programme has been curated by painter and filmmaker Ronald Forbes RSA to showcase moving image work by Royal Scottish Academicians and RSA award winners. Reflecting artists’ moving image practice in Scotland from the past and present, it includes work from the RSA Collection and work being made today.
The full programme has eight packages of moving image work on six different themes, with work by 26 artists.
