Blind Light (2007)
Pucill, S. 2007. Blind Light (2007). 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 01 Dec 2007
Pucill, S. 2007. Blind Light (2007). 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 01 Dec 2007
| Creators | Pucill, S. |
|---|---|
| Description | A 20 minute 16mm film which explores the materiality of film and the body. ‘Blind Light’ is a film exploring the materiality of film and the body. The film experiments with light and narration, bringing voice to our relationship with light, film and spectatorship. It is an example of Pucill’s longstanding – and ongoing - engagement with the relationship between the subjective, the autobiographic, and the form, process and materiality of the medium of film. It is filmed in the artist’s London loft studio. From within this space Pucill produces images by controlling the light she allows into the frame. She lifts the blinds or pulls them shut, applies filters to the lens or removes them, opens wide the aperture or closes it. Each performance, each action threatens the image as it shifts in and out of ‘proper’ exposure until it disappears completely. The camera throughout is set to face a window, focusing either on it or on the sky. The artist narrates her camera operation while referencing a state of being, or describing what it is like to see what she and the viewer are seeing. ‘I can’t look’, she says ‘the clouds are coming in’, ‘there’s been no rain for weeks’, ‘the eye burns, swells, looses focus and disappears in a stream’. Blind Light is a single screen film for cinema and gallery, shown from a projector or DVD. Funded by AHRC (£20,000) and ACE (£5000). It is distributed by Lux, BFI, and distributors in Paris, Toronto and USA. |
| Year | 2007 |
Interview with Nina Danino and Sarah Pucill
Pucill, S. and Danino, N. 2025. Forthcoming. Interview with Nina Danino and Sarah Pucill. in: Experimental narrative film and women’s practices at the London Film-maker’s Co-operative Lux Productions.
Narcissus' 2013, b/w photograph
Pucill, S. 2024. Narcissus' 2013, b/w photograph. in: Michael Petre (ed.) Mirror Mirror: the use of reflection in Contemporary Art London Thames and Hudson Ltd.
Backcomb (16mm col, 1995, 6min)
Pucill, S. 2024. Backcomb (16mm col, 1995, 6min).
"Untitled II from 'Stages of Mourning' (2004) and 'Double Exposure' (2023)
Pucill, S. 2024. "Untitled II from 'Stages of Mourning' (2004) and 'Double Exposure' (2023). in: Flora Dunster and Theo Gordon (ed.) Photography, a Queer History Ilex Press.
'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, UK premiere of the film was at Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, December 2023, with a Q+A with the writer and curator Helena Reckitt
Pucill, S. 2023. 'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, UK premiere of the film was at Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, December 2023, with a Q+A with the writer and curator Helena Reckitt.
'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, 2023 premiere at the Frankfurt Experimental Film Festival
Pucill, S. 2023. 'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, 2023 premiere at the Frankfurt Experimental Film Festival.
'Between Women, British Experimental filmmakers in 1990s' curated by Sarah Pucill and Karola Gramman at Frankfurt Experimental Film Festival Sept 2023.
Pucill, S. 2023. 'Between Women, British Experimental filmmakers in 1990s' curated by Sarah Pucill and Karola Gramman at Frankfurt Experimental Film Festival Sept 2023.
'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, 2023
Pucill, S. 2023. 'Double Exposure' 16mm+Digital, col+bw, 27min, 2023.
'Phantom Rhapsody' (16mm,bw,18min,2010. And The Impossible Realised in a Magic Mirror: Clips from Magic Mirror (16mm, b/w , 2013-2023) plus film stills
Pucill, S. 2023. 'Phantom Rhapsody' (16mm,bw,18min,2010. And The Impossible Realised in a Magic Mirror: Clips from Magic Mirror (16mm, b/w , 2013-2023) plus film stills. Vortic Curated online exhibition 17 Apr - 09 Jul 2023
Podcast: Interview and discussion between Juliet Jacques and Sarah Pucill on Pucill's film Magic Mirror
Pucill, S. 2023. Podcast: Interview and discussion between Juliet Jacques and Sarah Pucill on Pucill's film Magic Mirror.
Screening of 'Magic Mirror ' (16mm, 75min, 2013) at Lexi Cinema, curated by Juliet Jacques
Pucill, S. 2022. Screening of 'Magic Mirror ' (16mm, 75min, 2013) at Lexi Cinema, curated by Juliet Jacques.
Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2022. Confessions to the Mirror. Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands Spring 2021 and then Kunsthal Museum Gallery, Rotterdam 2022 21 May - 28 Aug 2022
“Eruption, rupture, suture and disruption” A text by Sarah Pucill on two films by Sandra Lahire, “Arrows “(1984) and “Night dances” (1995)
Pucill, S. 2022. “Eruption, rupture, suture and disruption” A text by Sarah Pucill on two films by Sandra Lahire, “Arrows “(1984) and “Night dances” (1995). in: Maria Palacios Cruz and Charlotte Proctor (ed.) ‘Cahier’ booklet to accompany a screening at Courtisane Film Festival, April/May 2021
Online Masterclass as part of 'Photo Film' research group I gave a masterclass presentation of my two films on the writer and photographer Claude Cahun
Pucill, S. 2021. Online Masterclass as part of 'Photo Film' research group I gave a masterclass presentation of my two films on the writer and photographer Claude Cahun.
'Confessions to the Mirror' (16mm, col 68min 2016)
Pucill, S. 2021. 'Confessions to the Mirror' (16mm, col 68min 2016) . Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands 13 Sep 2020 - 10 Jan 2021
A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between Writing, Photography and Film in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2021. A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between Writing, Photography and Film in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror. in: Knowles, K. and Schmid, M. (ed.) Cinematic Intermediality: Theory and Practice Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 194-201
Confessions to the Mirror Staged in an Exhibition
Pucill, S. 2020. Confessions to the Mirror Staged in an Exhibition. Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands 13 Sep 2020 - 10 Jan 2021
Jersey Premiere Screening of Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2020. Jersey Premiere Screening of Confessions to the Mirror. Jersey, Channel Islands May 2020
Frankfurt Screening: Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2020. Frankfurt Screening: Confessions to the Mirror. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 13 Feb - 24 May 2020
Ottawa Art Gallery Screening: Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2019. Ottawa Art Gallery Screening: Confessions to the Mirror. Ottawa Municipal Art Gallery 14 Sep 2019 - 09 Feb 2020
Garden Self Portraits after Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
Pucill, S. 2019. Garden Self Portraits after Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Ottawa Municipal Art Gallery 14 Sep 2019 - 09 Feb 2020
Dortmund / Cologne Women's International Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2019. Dortmund / Cologne Women's International Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions to the Mirror. Dortmund, Germany 08 - 14 Apr 2019
UCL Art Museum Screening: Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A with Maria Walsh
Pucill, S. 2018. UCL Art Museum Screening: Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A with Maria Walsh. Bloomsbury Studio, UCL, London 22 May 2018
Bagdam Lesbian Festival, Toulouse, France, screening of Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2018. Bagdam Lesbian Festival, Toulouse, France, screening of Confessions to the Mirror . Toulouse, France 29 Mar - 14 Apr 2018
BEEF Bristol Screening: Confessions To The Mirror and Q+A with Vicky Smith
Pucill, S. 2018. BEEF Bristol Screening: Confessions To The Mirror and Q+A with Vicky Smith. Cube Microplex Cinema, Bristol 20 Feb 2018
Encounters of the Space Between: a Collaboration with Claude Cahun in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2018. Encounters of the Space Between: a Collaboration with Claude Cahun in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror. à la croisée des approches et des disciplines. Dialogue intercontinental. CNRS, Site Pouchet, 75017 Paris 25 - 26 Jun 2018
"Coming To Life" and Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants of Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2018. "Coming To Life" and Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants of Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror. in: Smith, V. and Hamlyn, N. (ed.) Experimental and Expanded Animation: New Perspectives and Practices Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 231-255
White Cube, Bermondsey, London: Screening: Magic Mirror, Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2017. White Cube, Bermondsey, London: Screening: Magic Mirror, Confessions To The Mirror. 28 Jun - 17 Sep 2017
Cinematek, Oslo: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A Greg Pope
Pucill, S. 2017. Cinematek, Oslo: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A Greg Pope. Cinemateket, Oslo 2010 - 2019
National Portrait Gallery: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2017. National Portrait Gallery: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror. National Portrait Gallery, London 09 Mar - 29 May 2017
Creteil International Women's Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2017. Creteil International Women's Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror. Maison des Arts, Place Salvador Allende, Creteil, Paris 10 - 19 Mar 2017
Alchemy Film Festival, Scotland Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror (16mm, col, 68min, 2016)
Pucill, S. 2017. Alchemy Film Festival, Scotland Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror (16mm, col, 68min, 2016). Heart of Hawick, Scottish Borders 02 - 06 Mar 2017
The Provocation of Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants in Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2017. The Provocation of Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants in Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror. Pratschke, K. (ed.) Photofilm: Sampling the Archive. GUGA (Centre of Architecture), in co-operation with the Metropolitan University, Budapest, Hungary. 19 Sep - 19 Nov 2017
BFI London Film Festival Premiere of Confessions To The Mirror (16mm col, 68min)
Pucill, S. 2016. BFI London Film Festival Premiere of Confessions To The Mirror (16mm col, 68min). BFI Southbank, London 05 - 16 Oct 2016
Confessions to the Mirror (16mm, col, 68min, 2016)
Pucill, S. 2016. Confessions to the Mirror (16mm, col, 68min, 2016). University of Westminster. https://doi.org/10.34737/qvq82
Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2016. Confessions To The Mirror.
Alchemy Moving Image Art Festival, Official Selection
Pucill, S. 2015. Alchemy Moving Image Art Festival, Official Selection. Haiwick, Scotland
Roundtable Discussion: The Women of the London Filmmaker’s Co-op
Danino, N., Matthee, J., Novaczek, R., Pucill, S. and Syed, A. 2015. Roundtable Discussion: The Women of the London Filmmaker’s Co-op. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 4 (1&2), pp. 164-179. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj.4.1-2.164_1
Magic Mirror (exhibition)
Pucill, S. 2015. Magic Mirror (exhibition). The Nunnery Gallery, London 14 Apr - 14 Jun 2015
Magic Mirror
Pucill, S. 2013. Magic Mirror.
Phantom Rhapsody
Pucill, S. 2010. Phantom Rhapsody.
Fall in Frame
Pucill, S. 2009. Fall in Frame.
Taking My Skin
Pucill, S. 2007. Taking My Skin. Toronto, Canada 12 Apr 2007
The 'Autoethnographic' in Chantal Akerman's News from Home, and an Analysis of Almost Out and Stages of Mourning
Pucill, S. 2006. The 'Autoethnographic' in Chantal Akerman's News from Home, and an Analysis of Almost Out and Stages of Mourning. in: Hatfield, J. (ed.) Experimental film and video: an anthology Eastleigh, UK John Libbey. pp. 83-92
Stages of Mourning
Pucill, S. 2006. Stages of Mourning. 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 18 Nov 2006
The Question of the Subject and the Autobiographic in Artists Moving Image Practice
Pucill, S., Hatfield, J. and Reynolds, L. 2004. The Question of the Subject and the Autobiographic in Artists Moving Image Practice. Filmwaves Magazine. 24 (2), pp. 5-9.
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