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A little cheeky, a little silly, at times plain rude, Nothing Serious is a collection of the more light-hearted of short films from students (past and present) at UWE's Faculty of Media and Design at Bower Ashton.
Noted for their pioneering audio-visual performance project, 32,000 points of light, between them Group 32 have creative credentials in performance, production and development that reach deep into the territories of music, stage, software and beyond. Today watch the spit fly and the vocal chords burst in a riot of microphones, FX beatsÉ and synchronised dancing.
A musical experiment and sparring contest pitching the jazz tinged lo-tech sampling antics of The Zoom Quartet against the blazing rhythms of live drummer Yo-Yo, with a backdrop of ad-culture and out there documentary visuals.
Combining the talents of Bristol's most prominent Hip Hop imprint with those of it's most prominent skate shop/production company/skate team: Hombre Records ' Jay le Surgeon cuts, mixes and scratches his own score into the sick four-wheeled action of 50/50 Skateboards' most recent film, Format.
Adam Faraday ( Reazonic, Slalom Records ) and Movietone Chris ( Domino Recordings ) combine their secret powers to create live music with string instruments and home-built sonic contraptions Ñ haunting and beautiful live compositions in the style of David Grubbs.
In the darkness beneath projected light, the shadow puppeteer weaves a tapestry of movement which surfaces in stark simplicity as powerful storytelling. Combining this skill with the layered detail of projected images, Figure of Speech presents a voyage into the Hindu creation myths of the Rama, with a deep dub score by Zion Train bassist, Darkus.
Trawling world culture for new combinations of cut and paste ritual, invented myth and technological hybridization, the collective create new digital tools in response to the culture of globalisation and information overload. For this incarnation Jony Easterby, Nathan Hughes, Ansuman Biswas and the Mighty Jungulator combine their eclectic skills to bring you a video-sonic experience like no other.
DJ Shane Quentin from eclectic avant-mix radio show The Garden of Earthly Delights (Cable Radio Milton Keynes and netcast) uses decks, CDs and minidiscs to perform an alternative soundtrack to the epic visuals of Luc Besson's beautifully shot (but terribly scored) subaqua adventure.
Alectro Ecoustic plays cello with a raft of unconventional objects, through effects and laptop. With compelling physical engagement, the instrument is used to generate rhythm, noise and melody, all processed, sampled and layered into an incredibly textured shifting sonic journey. Having recently collaborated on a film, AE is joined by Pharmakon for further invasive exploration of the cello with on-board spycams, remote video and vision-mixing hardware.