Arts on Film Archive

Title: Arts on Film Archive
Link: http://artsonfilm.wmin.ac.uk/
Category: Arts and Humanities
Subject: Art; Crafts; Dance; Design; Film Studies; Literature; Music; Photography
Medium: Film/Video
Type: Streaming/Download
Streaming: Yes
Viewfinder: No
Inactive: No
Description: The archive offers a complete database and on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced before 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The films are available in digital form as the result of a three-year project by the University of Westminster and access is free of charge to UK further and higher education institutions. The collection provides a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. Many titles in the collection contain rare material about individual artists, while others offer definitive coverage of their subject. Artists featured include Bacon, Spencer, Hockney, Moore and the Young British Artist (YBA) group. Some of the best filmmakers in the UK, including Anthony Minghella and Isaac Julien, were commissioned to make films for the collection. As well as focusing on individual artists, architects, writers and poets, the films document particular art movements that have continued to influence contemporary British Art, such as Surrealism, Dadaism, Futurism and Kinetic art.

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