Gillian Mciver
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Gillian McIver, Canadian artist and writer born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK and raised in Vancouver is a writer, curator and film-maker.
After studying history and philosophy, she moved to London
where, in 1997, she set up an international underground art collective, known as Luna Nera
in the abandoned Colosseum theatre in East London. Since that time, she has participated in various projects with Luna Nera
, exhibiting in a wide variety of venues in different countries throughout Europe including the UK, Canada, Russia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Italy. She continues to co-ordinate Luna Nera
which makes temporary site-specific projects in unusual yet significant sites. Her own work consists primarily of video
and photographic images which explore history, memory and place. She made "Places" a collection of short films - made about strange sites in Berlin, Moscow, St Petersburg, Paris and Belfast - exploring the lost fragments that trace the past, and reveal the transitory nature of human existence. Her most recent work, the short film "Tarkovsky's River" documents, in still photographs, haunting journeys to the remote part of Russia, the upper Volga, where Andrei Tarkovsky was born. "Tarkovsky's River" was shown at the Format Photography Festival 2009.
After studying history and philosophy, she moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
where, in 1997, she set up an international underground art collective, known as Luna Nera
Luna Nera
Luna Nera is a collaborative group of international artists who make site-specific artworks. Members of Luna Nera have exhibited in a number of venues ranging from disused buildings to Tate Britain....
in the abandoned Colosseum theatre in East London. Since that time, she has participated in various projects with Luna Nera
Luna Nera
Luna Nera is a collaborative group of international artists who make site-specific artworks. Members of Luna Nera have exhibited in a number of venues ranging from disused buildings to Tate Britain....
, exhibiting in a wide variety of venues in different countries throughout Europe including the UK, Canada, Russia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Italy. She continues to co-ordinate Luna Nera
Luna Nera
Luna Nera is a collaborative group of international artists who make site-specific artworks. Members of Luna Nera have exhibited in a number of venues ranging from disused buildings to Tate Britain....
which makes temporary site-specific projects in unusual yet significant sites. Her own work consists primarily of video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
and photographic images which explore history, memory and place. She made "Places" a collection of short films - made about strange sites in Berlin, Moscow, St Petersburg, Paris and Belfast - exploring the lost fragments that trace the past, and reveal the transitory nature of human existence. Her most recent work, the short film "Tarkovsky's River" documents, in still photographs, haunting journeys to the remote part of Russia, the upper Volga, where Andrei Tarkovsky was born. "Tarkovsky's River" was shown at the Format Photography Festival 2009.