Creative Midlands South

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• 'Milton Keynes' - an impression of.....by Henderson E. Goring.
• A Short Film About Killing
• Friday Night Films at MK Gallery
• Mini Makers at MK Gallery
• <b>Art</b> in the Park a breath of fresh air
• VIDEO: 'Powerful' drama filmed in <b>Milton Keynes</b>

'Milton Keynes' - an impression of.....by Henderson E. Goring. Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:15 AM PDT An article written by Henderson E. Goring - an impression of Milton Keynes MILTON KEYNES      A glebe; a woodland, and then like an electric shock to my senses, a modern edifice. 21st century Milton Keynes, garden city par excellence!    What was once green now has been wrested from the natural prism of colours. Landscapes begin to mirror grey skies and in keeping with contemporary thought, even human inhabitants exhibit S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder).   Even the roads and freeways resemble graphs: horizontal and vertical, randomly interspersed with roundabouts. One redeeming feature is that red-ways mean the cyclists do not have to do battle with the motorist! It is difficult to think then, that apart from small pockets, the villages, town and then a conurbation with pretensions of city status, began life on a draughtboard in town planners’ dreams.    Those same roads and thoroughfares that interlace the glare of modernity are at certain hours of the 24/7 continuum, deserted, and then full to capacity. The modes of transport can be left-hand drive behemoths of the European hauliers to native automobiles saloon. Assorted lorry, van and a new proliferation of hatchbacks. From what corners of the globe these occupants have been incubating is an altogether different question?       May 2012                        

A Short Film About Killing Posted: 16 May 2012 05:33 AM PDT Friday 8.6.2012 Friday Night Films A Short Film About Killing (1988) Dir. Kryzysztof Kieslowski (Cert. 18, 84 mins) Friday 8 June / 6.30pm / £5 (concessions £3) Pre-book on 01908 676 900 A Short Film About Killing is an extended feature length from part V of Kieslowski's The Decalogue. This instalment explores the jurisdiction of the secular enforcement of capital punishment. A youth randomly and brutally murders a taxi driver. His defence lawyer Piotr has just passed his law exams and his first case is to defend Jacek, the young murderer without any evidence of a defence or even an apparent motive. Jacek is incontestably put on trial and executed by hanging. This short film throws up the question: does the legal system, in the name of the people, have the right to kill with cold blood? 'Kieslowski is a master, and he has never made a better film than this. It is pure cinema of the highest order' The Guardian See all forthcoming Friday Night Films

Friday Night Films at MK Gallery Posted: 15 May 2012 07:38 AM PDT Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 / 107 mins / Cert. 15 Director: Werner Herzog   Friday 18 May / 6.30pm / £5 (concessions £3) Pre-book on 01908 676 900   Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 West German vampire horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. The film is set primarily in 19th century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, Romania, and was conceived as a stylistic remake of the 1922 German Dracula adaptation, Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens.   Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Varna, where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Varna, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the curse of not being able to get old and die. Written by Yepok

Mini Makers at MK Gallery Posted: 15 May 2012 07:35 AM PDT Mini Makers Secret Spaces with Clare Ridgeway Saturday 19 May / 1 - 3pm / Free Suitable for children aged 4+   All of our Mini Maker workshops in May are inspired by Station X, our latest Project Space exhibition, which offers a multi-sensory insight into the derelict buildings of Bletchley Park.   For this week's Mini Makers session, we'll be taking inspiration from the work of artists Caroline Devine and Maya Ramsay, whose work is on display as part of our Station X exhibition.   Sound artist Caroline Devine has created recordings of sounds produced by and within the decaying buildings at Bletchley Park, while artist Maya Ramsay has created work from surfaces lifted from the walls of the buildings. During this week's workshop, you'll be able to have a go at creating scratch pictures of sound, explore how mark-making creates a memory and discover the techniques used to create distressed surfaces.

<b>Art</b> in the Park a breath of fresh air Posted: 16 May 2012 04:18 AM PDT The Art in the Park exhibition, which takes place at Abington Park Museum, is now in its 51st year and the 2012 selection includes more than 100 paintings created by artists from across Northamptonshire. Fortunately for all those who would rightfully ... See all stories on this topic » Northampton Chronicle & Echo

VIDEO: 'Powerful' drama filmed in <b>Milton Keynes</b> Posted: 16 May 2012 04:11 AM PDT A HARD-HITTING drama about the lives of people living on a deprived estate has been filmed in Milton Keynes. Jake is described by its makers as a 'powerful story about lives behind closed doors and people that become involved in a situation much darker ... See all stories on this topic » Milton Keynes Citizen

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