Louise Camrass
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Louise Camrass is a film maker and artist. She received her Masters in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art (1999) and BA (Hons) in Painting at Central St Martins School of Art (1994). She also received a Rome Scholarship in 2002. She has worked in various formats, predominantly on film and videos but also still life paintings, portraits and photographs.
Her background stems from fine art
painting but gravitated towards the moving images and sound because of its capacity to encompass narrative, abstraction, colour and movement for emotive effect through three dimensional space but resulting like painting in a two dimensional object. While still a painter she became interested in scale
, sound
, dialogue
and moving pictures
and in the absolute attention required by the viewer in a cinema
environment, in its ability to provoke strong emotional responses from an audience. She continues to paint, and deconstructs film ideas for installation purposes. The content of her work evolves from the life experiences of herself and her friends, the imagination, abstract thoughts, observations, and a desire to play with the language of film
and art
.
She lives in London
, England
.
"Cows breathe heavily in a field, sun drowns a courtyard, an open car drives into the city, facetious young girls joke about older men, a young woman meets her father on her birthday; in the series of short films by Louise Camrass. They are awkward and yet funny. Camrass manages in even more short time to convey the filmic equivalent of a short story." -- Notes from conversations on the artists' work held at different times between Keith Tyson, Sacha Craddock and Simon Morrisey and between Susan Hiller, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence - from newcontemporaries 2008
In 2006, Louise completed a residency and showed at the Capellades Paper Museum in Spain:
Other recent notable mentions include:
Her background stems from fine art
Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
painting but gravitated towards the moving images and sound because of its capacity to encompass narrative, abstraction, colour and movement for emotive effect through three dimensional space but resulting like painting in a two dimensional object. While still a painter she became interested in scale
Scale
-Length:* Architect's scale, a ruler-like device which facilitates the production of technical drawings* Engineer's scale, a ruler-like device similar to the Architect's scale, they are helpful when drawing rooms...
, sound
Sound
Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...
, dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people....
and moving pictures
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and in the absolute attention required by the viewer in a cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
environment, in its ability to provoke strong emotional responses from an audience. She continues to paint, and deconstructs film ideas for installation purposes. The content of her work evolves from the life experiences of herself and her friends, the imagination, abstract thoughts, observations, and a desire to play with the language of film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
.
She lives in London
London
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, England
England
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.
Excerpt
Her short film "Cows" (a new viewpoint on a familiar animal) was a winner of the Channel 4 FourDocs best four-minute documentary competition and was screened by Channel 4 on television as a 3 Minute Wonder."Cows breathe heavily in a field, sun drowns a courtyard, an open car drives into the city, facetious young girls joke about older men, a young woman meets her father on her birthday; in the series of short films by Louise Camrass. They are awkward and yet funny. Camrass manages in even more short time to convey the filmic equivalent of a short story." -- Notes from conversations on the artists' work held at different times between Keith Tyson, Sacha Craddock and Simon Morrisey and between Susan Hiller, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence - from newcontemporaries 2008
In 2006, Louise completed a residency and showed at the Capellades Paper Museum in Spain:
Other recent notable mentions include:
- a science-art-music-engineering collaboration with the University of Glasgow
- Artprojx Presents Still Film at Tate Britain, June 2008
- Excite! world premiere with London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, June 2008
External links
- Louise Camrass
- The Future Can Wait, Atlantis Gallery, Brick Lane, London
- Videographe, Canada: Dominique & Louise
- CNC machine screened at Sadlers Wells
- Liverpool Biennial Archive
- Estorick Collection: British Artists in Rome
- Bloomberg Space: The Mind is a Horse Part I
- Bloomberg Space: The Mind is a Horse Part II
- Full Circle Contemporary Art Consultancy, Exhibition
- Louise T Blouin Institute: Art After Dark: White Label Orchestra Shares the KEY TO JOY