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20.10.2026 - I am so completely excited to share new of my forthcoming solo exhibition ‘Ballad of The Flowers’ at East Gallery @eastgallery_norwichuni Norwich, Norfolk, UK curated by Claire Allerton @claireamyallerton . My show opens to the public on 6 November 2026. But do join us for the preview if in Norwich on 5 November. This show brings together multi media new works, &central to this is my new film written & Directed by me titled ‘Ballad of The Flowers, Chapter 1’, 2026 (16mm on 4K) which I began writing over 4 years ago in 2022 following on from my film ‘Lumen’, 2021. The Executive Producers of ‘Ballad of The Flowers, Chapter 1’ are the Government Art Collection UK @govartcol , who have been FAB &wonderful to work with - 🙏🏾💚 Eliza @elizacjg , Nicola @nicsjfree and Shasti @curatemovements . My new film is also realised in collaboration with East Gallery and Norwich University of the Arts @norwichuniarts led by Candice Allison @candicealli , with generous support from The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery @_lauraclaveria_ @kerryharker & the University of Leeds @universityofleeds , the East Anglia Art Fund @eastangliaartfund , the @norfolkcontemporaryartsociety & The Plantation Garden where my film was shot. There are too many individuals to thank here for all their incredible work&commitment to this project which has been joyful to bring into being. But to note what an absolute pleasure it has been to work with Shasti Lowton @curatemovements 💚 all the staff and incredible students at NUA, my cinematographer Teddy Testar @teddytestar (our 4th film made together), Daniel Goddard @danieljlgoddard (2nd film together), my FAB Producer Tracy Bass @tdbasscromer , Ilona Krawczyk, Kevin Freeman, Ellie Nixon, Louis Nixon, Robin, Isabella, Summer, Elizabeth, Morgan, Ewan, Robert, Andrew Rodgers, my entire fantastic film crew, Gwyn Evans, Roland Heap @sound_disp , Rose Ghai, & the amazing The Plantation Garden team. Working on this film has been truly magical & immense fun. Thank you to Joe @josephtclark for loaning works to this exhibition. Thank you all. 🌻💚💚🙏🏾🌻🌞
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#sutapabiswas #womenartists #contemporaryartwork #gac #norwichuniversityofthearts
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Director of photography martin testar www.martintestar.com

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15 August 2024 - “You can pretend her eyes don’t see you all you like, but your sixth sense tells you that she does. This, my dear, will haunt you….”. It’s 77 years since Partition. My film ‘Lumen’, 2021 [a film still from which is shown in Image 5] draws in part on my mother’s memories and experiences of this brutal history.

Posted @withregram • @brownhistory 77 years later, the tragedy of Partition is still a historical period that remains exceptionally difficult to understand. It is considered to be one of the largest mass migrations in human history. The exact toll is still unknown, but many estimate that two to three million people died in the carnage. Witnesses who were children in 1947 are now in their eighties and nineties, meaning that these stories and records are slowly leaving us, but the trauma of the past often remain with us. To read these stories and more, tap the link in the bio or visit brownhistory.substack.com.

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Once again The Thyme Machine Turns You On with classic Rock, Pop, Jazz, Soul and other such gems from the best of 20th century’s turntable sounds. It’s Hip, without any sign of a beard.. Every Thursday at 9.00 am and available on catch up 48 hours later. It’s Trad Dad!!

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"Whale fall" Still bts

Whale fall - In the middle of an Irish peat bog, the inexplicable remains of a humpback whale are
discovered by two rural women. Drawn into the mystery of how and why it has appeared,
they soon realise the whale is exerting its own magnetic force; summoning the ghosts of
lifeforms and ecosystems obliterated in the name of 'progress'. As the women explore its
origins, they confront old divisions and differing views on the worlds gone before, and the
worlds yet to come. Part ecological horror, part existentialist drama, Whale Fall is a striking
meditation on the consequences of the so-called Anthropocene - our current era of
human-induced planetary change.

Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Credits
A Film by @pkhough
Produced by Tracey Bass
Screenplay by Owen Corrigan
Story by Patrick Hough
Delta Derbhle Crotty
Dawn Aoife Duffin
Director of Photography Martin ‘Teddy’ Testar
Editor Patrick Hough
Sound Designer and Composer Daniel Goddard
Production Designer @aoife_tealeaf
Production Manager @voi.tek
1st Assistant Director @brianmcd93
3rd Assistant Director @voidtalk
1st Assistant Camera @jimmypiddle
2nd Assistant Camera @ronannissenbaum
Camera Trainee @susanne4evers
Gaffer Andrej Parcher
Sound Recordist @arronfaye
Boom Operator Andrew Douglas
Script Supervisor Jill McKeagney
Costume Designer @sarahheraughty
Hair & Makeup Artist @alannagormleymua
Art Department Trainee Aoife Clarke
Set Dresser Aaron Hegarty
Set Dresser Briley Mullen
Model Maker Ruairi Butler
Model Maker John Berry
Prop Maker Arran Quigley
Fight Arrangement James ‘Jay’ Crosgrove
Fight Arrangement @eoiny__paloney
BTS Photography Michael Behan
Floor Runner Martin Larkin
Security Donal Collins
Post-production Absolute Post
Colourist Juliette Wileman
Post-production Producer Maddie Godsill
Post-production Executive Producer Sally Heath
Film Stock Frame24 Ltd
Film processing KODAK Film Lab London
Film scanning Digital Orchard
Camera Equipment Panavision

#film #kodak #arri #ireland #nikonphotography #nikon #nikonz7

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"Whale fall" Crew Bts from beautiful short, shot on film towards the end of 2022

Whale fall - In the middle of an Irish peat bog, the inexplicable remains of a humpback whale are
discovered by two rural women. Drawn into the mystery of how and why it has appeared,
they soon realise the whale is exerting its own magnetic force; summoning the ghosts of
lifeforms and ecosystems obliterated in the name of 'progress'. As the women explore its
origins, they confront old divisions and differing views on the worlds gone before, and the
worlds yet to come. Part ecological horror, part existentialist drama, Whale Fall is a striking
meditation on the consequences of the so-called Anthropocene - our current era of
human-induced planetary change.

Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Credits
A Film by @pkhough
Produced by Tracy Bass
Screenplay by Owen Corrigan
Story by Patrick Hough
Delta Derbhle Crotty
Dawn Aoife Duffin
Director of Photography Martin ‘Teddy’ Testar
Editor Patrick Hough
Sound Designer and Composer Daniel Goddard
Production Designer Aoife Fealy
Production Manager Wojciech Czarkowski
1st Assistant Director Brian McDonnell
3rd Assistant Director Miles Davis Murphy
1st Assistant Camera JP Quill
2nd Assistant Camera Ronan Nissenbaum
Camera Trainee Susanne Evers
Gaffer Andrej Parcher
Sound Recordist Arron Faye
Boom Operator Andrew Douglas
Script Supervisor Jill McKeagney
Costume Designer Sarah Heraughty
Hair & Makeup Artist Alanna Gormley
Art Department Trainee Aoife Clarke
Set Dresser Aaron Hegarty
Set Dresser Briley Mullen
Model Maker Ruairi Butler
Model Maker John Berry
Prop Maker Arran Quigley
Fight Arrangement James ‘Jay’ Crosgrove
Fight Arrangement Eoin O'Flaherty
BTS Photography Michael Behan
Floor Runner Martin Larkin
Security Donal Collins
Post-production Absolute Post
Colourist Juliette Wileman
Post-production Producer Maddie Godsill
Post-production Executive Producer Sally Heath
Film Stock Frame24 Ltd
Film processing KODAK Film Lab London
Film scanning Digital Orchard
Camera Equipment Panavision

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18.11.2023 - The narrative of my film ‘Lumen’, 2021 is underpinned by the entangled histories of colonialism dating back to the 1600s & the emergence of free market trade sanctioned by Elizabeth I, symbolically present in my film through references in the trade of lapis under both the Dutch & English East India Companies as well as archival material dating back to 1765 that I researched during my Fellowship at Yale Centre for British Art, Yale University 2019-2020 & whilst I was the 2009 Andrew Mellon Fellow at the YCBA, Yale. But it’s important to know that references to this pivotal #entangled colonial histories appeared in my video work ‘Untitled (Woman in Blue Weeping)’, 1996, commissioned by INIVA (uk) & exhibited at UCL in the exhibition ‘The Visible and Invisible: Representing the Body in the City’, 1996. I’ve spoken publicly about this these references to our #entangledpasts in many contexts including at Duke University (‘Shades of Black’ conference, 2001) & subsequently at Conway Hall, London, 2012 - part of a closed (but recorded) symposium organised by #lubainahimid (at which Griselda Pollock was present). But it’s important I feel to underline that first & foremost my film ‘Lumen’ is not a documentary piece, but an artwork. And there are of course many other significant archival references (eg film footage filmed by members of the British Raj in India from circa 1910 onwards) as well as poetic & literary sources that underpin & have inspired the making of ‘Lumen’, 2021.

If you’d like to hear more about the formal aesthetic, conceptual & historic underpinnings of my film ‘Lumen’ and experience (or re-experience this work) as part of the screening of ‘Lumen’ alongside an ‘in-conversation’ with Griselda Pollock, do join us tomorrow 19 November 2023, at 3:45pm at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Sq, London. The event is part of the closing events & bookend to ‘Medium and Memory’ curated by Griselda, hosted at Hackelbury Fine Art. All welcome. Huge thanks to @hackelburyfineart & @filmvidumbrella who’ve been an absolute joy to work with ♥️.
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#contemporaryartist #womeninfilm #feminism #sutapabiswas #griseldapollock #lumen #film #royalacademyofarts

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14.11.2023 - I’m so excited for this screening of ‘Lumen’ and the accompanying event with Griselda Pollock on 19 Nov at 3:45 at Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK. Last Thursday we did a screen test of ‘Lumen’ ahead of this event, & it was truly joyous to experience in this context. It’s a rare thing & compliment when the projectionist of the cinema, captivated by the narrative of ‘Lumen’ & the work’s high production values, allowed & then stayed for the entire duration of the screening of the work. 🙏🏾 Huge gratitude to Marcus, Sascha, Phil, Louise, Hector &Clare at Hackelbury for all their incredible support in hosting this event as part of Griselda’s show ‘Medium and Memory’. ♥️ Huge thanks also to Mike & FVU for their amazing support. ♥️ If you are able to join us for this event on 19 November, it will be great to welcome you. Tickets are limited (104 seats) &early booking is recommended - available online via the cinema’s website. If you’re a student & would like a complimentary ticket, please contact Hackelbury Fine Art. 🙏🏾

Posted @withregram • @hackelburyfineart Join us on Sunday the 19 November, 3:45PM at the Prince Charles Cinema for a Screening of 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯 🎥 🎞️⁠
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Directed by Sutapa Biswas, starring Natasha Patel. ⁠
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Sutapa Biswas will be in conversation with Griselda Pollock after the screening.⁠
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𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯 is the name for a unit of light – a gradient of radiance. It is also an anatomical term for a bodily cavity or conduit, such as an artery, along which blood flows. These two meanings converge in the metaphor of ‘light at the end of a tunnel’; an expression that helps light a way into Sutapa Biswas’s film 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯, setting the scene for its fluctuations of clarity and darkness, its alternating states of euphoria and trauma, its lurches between poetry and pathology. ⁠
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With special thanks to Film and Video Umbrella.⁠
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@filmvidumbrella #filmvidumbrella @princecharlescinema #princecharlescinema @hummingbird_biswas #womeninfilm #contemporaryart #sutapabiswaslumen #sutapabiswas #blackbritishart #brownartist #lumen #womeninphotography #womenartistsofinstagram #feministartist #film #movie #contemporaryartist #griseldapollock #feminism

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5.11.2023 - Friends in London, uk, or perhaps if you’re visiting London, I’m delighted to share exciting news that my film ‘Lumen’, 2021, will be screened at the Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema in London, uk, on Sunday 19 November, 2023 @ 3:45pm. The screening is followed by a Q & A between Griselda Pollock and Sutapa Biswas (myself).

The event is generously hosted by Hackelbury Fine Art @hackelburyfineart celebrating the wonderful exhibition ‘Medium and Memory’ curated by world renowned art historian and feminist Griselda Pollock that’s currently showing in London.

My film ‘Lumen’, 2021 is 30 minutes in duration and the conversation between Griselda and I is scheduled to be an hour long.

‘Lumen’ first premiered as part of my concurrent solo exhibitions at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2021-2022) and at Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge (2021-2022), after which it premiered in the States at the Yale Centre for British Art, Yale University, and was also hosted @autographabp .
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To book a place for this event, please head to Prince Charles Cinema’s website on https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=29168394.

*Please note that seating is limited and early booking is recommended.*

It should be a fun event since there is always love, laughter and fireworks between Griselda and myself. Plus, what better way to spend a rainy November Sunday afternoon ?!! 🙂 Come. Bring your duvet and your wits!! 🔥🔥❤️‍🔥☄️ 💫💫💫
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Many thanks to Griselda Pollock, and to Mark, Sacha, Phil, Louise, Claire and all the wonderful team at Hackelbury Fine Art, to the lovely Mike and FVU team, and to the Prince Charles Cinema for all your amazing support.
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Huge thanks also to Steven Bode and FVU (London) @filmvidumbrella , Julia Carver @julia___carver and Bristol Museums, Art Fund UK @artfund , Kettle’s Yard (University of Cambridge) @kettlesyard , BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead) @balticgateshead , Autograph abp (London) @autographabp , and to ACE @aceagrams , for generously supporting the making of ‘Lumen’, 2021.
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#womeninfilm #contemporaryart #womenartists #sutapabiswas
#griseldapollock
#lumen
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15.5.2023 - Amazing what you find when you revisit more than one place at the same time. Looking through a monograph published about my works (2004) in order to check on a couple of citations for a piece being published in a forthcoming publication edited by #ameliajones @amelia.jones.la1987 , and these pages of an essay by Griselda Pollock about my work really caught me in my tracks (in a good way) all over again. Also great to see Guy Brett’s and Laura Mulvey’s essays about my works. It’s a beautiful book ♥️🙏🏾 that also includes essays by Ian Baucom, Moira Roth & Stephanie Snyder @stephanie.snyder.curator with an intro by Gilane Tawadros @gtawadros .
Here’s an excerpt from Griselda’s essay: ‘It was her [Sutapa Biswas] critique [1981-1985] that forced us all to acknowledge the Eurocentric limits of the discourses within which we practised. Her challenge was mounted face to face, not at a level of abstract taunts, but the direct engagement of dialogue people sharing a space, a space thus assumed by her generosity to be able and willing to enlarge the critical discourse to accommodate the subjects of class, gender and race in their intricate and painful configurations between us and within us. She demanded change, and the course then altered. With the question of imperialism and its racist practices no longer repressed, the space of the studio and the lecture theatre had to be made to articulate the pressure of the social and psychic relations that imperialism, as a still powerful structure, installed in us all. Instead of presenting binary oppositions, Sutapa Biswas’s practice as a student and a producer of artworks systematically eroded the cliche of accusation, and hence did not induce defensive withdrawal stemming from guilt. This is visible in the work she produced as a conclusion to her degree, ‘Housewives with Steak-knives’.”
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Images: pages 24, 42,front cover,48 & back cover. Artworks: Housewives with Steak-knives (1983-85), @kettlesyard ; Birdsong @balticgateshead

#contemporaryartist #painting #film #sutapabiswas #griseldapollock #guybrett #lauramulvey #gilanetawadros #kettlesyard #balticgateshead #fvu #iniva #mothers #artistmothers

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Here’s a little film we’ve made for shits and giggles to announce the partnering up of Greg Jordan and Adam Morley at Bootleg Films.

Discover more about our work on our website. Link in bio.

#BootlegFilms #Rebootleg #Soho #ProductionCompany #Film #Commercials #Content #AVSB #Comedy #ImpressiveMoves #TapDancing

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