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Show and Tell 2018: Katharine Fry

Katharine Fry

Filmmaker

http://www.katharinewheel.com

1. What’s your idea of perfect happiness?:

Sprawling in long grass in the sunshine.

2. What drives you to make films?:

A feeling that I can’t quite name that makes its presence known as an image that I must create and then decode.

3. Where in the world would you most like to be right now?:

Floating in a warm sea.

4. When inspiration is waning, and you feel creatively sapped, what do you do to stay motivated?:

Shake it out on a dancefloor. Go for a meandering walk. Re-enter the tunnel of my mind through other people’s work.

5. What films are the most inspiring or influential to you at the moment, and why?:

I love Tony Oursler’s installations, the uncanny stories he makes between people and objects.
Saskia Olde-Wolbers’ hypnotic liquefying sets and dreamlike voiceovers are incredible.
Fabulous artists who fuse feminism with surrealism such as Sarah Pucill and Jayne Parker.

Your top 3 favourite music tracks?:

Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
All Is Full of Love – Bjork
Moonage Daydream – David Bowie

7. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?:

Change my life to make my dreams my reality.

8. What’s your greatest extravagance?:

Fine dining and ticketed culture

9. What turns you on – creatively, spiritually or emotionally?:

Very different things but all connected by a feeling of light and curiosity.

A final word?

Believe in a generous universe.
 

P.S. Do you have any favourites or highlights from this year’s Alchemy programme that you’d love to give a shoutout to here?

I loved Rita Tse’s New Woman and Ela Orleans’ work, both her own and with Guy Maddin.

Katharine’s CREEPERS will be shown at Alchemy in INVESTIGATIONS, and TABLEMOUTH as part of the INSTALLATIONS PROGRAMME.