Further dissemination and recognition

Television

Televised documentary in France (ARTE) and Germany (ZDF) “Masquerade and Games – The Female Artists of Surrealism”, Dir Maria Tappeiner. Televised date: France and Germany 16 February 2020.  By the German public broadcaster ZDF in cooperation with the French/German public broadcaster ARTE. Directed by Maria Tappeiner.

Extracts from Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror  appear alongside an interview with me in my studio. The focus is on my work with Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore in Magic Mirror  and Confessions to the Mirror. Documentary includes  Lee Miller, Leonor Fini, Leonora Carrington, and Meret Oppenheim.

Theatre

Invisible Journey by Marcus Lindeen (2020), script partly based on interviews with Pucill, with clips from Confessions to the Mirror and Magic Mirror projected on stage.

Productions of Invisible Journey : 

Comedie de Caen, Normandie Nov 2020. 5-8 July 2021. 

Theatre de Grenevilliers, Paris Oct 2020. 

Rome + Paris 2022. 

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

Screenings with Q&A

London Film Festival with Helen de Witt, October 2016

Close-up Cinema, London, with Laura Guy, February 2017

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, with Richard Ashrowan, March 2017

Creteil International Women’s Film Festival, Paris, with audience, March 2017

National Portrait Gallery, London, with Sadie Lee, March 2017

Cinematek, Oslo, with Greg Pope, June 2017

White Cube, Bermondsey, London, with audience, August 2017

Metropolitan University, Budapest, with Katja Pratschke as part of conference ‘Photofilm: Sampling the archive’, November 2017

Bristol Experimental and Expanded Film with Vicky Smith, February 2018

Bagdam Lesiban Festival, Toulouse, April 2018 

Bloomsbury Studio, UCL Art Museum, London, with Maria Walsh, May 2018

Dortmund / Cologne International Women’s Film Festival with Maxa Zoller, April 2019

Ottawa Art Gallery with Michelle Gewurtz, November 2019

Margherita Sprio, ‘Feminisms, mirrors: Claude Cahun and Sarah Pucill – a dialogue’, MIRAJ, Vol 4 (1–2), pp 260–266, 2016

Maxa Zoller, ‘Mirror Tricks: Magic Objects’, leaflet with LUX Blu-ray Confessions to the Mirror

Laura Guy, ‘Doubling Images: Troubling Objects’, leaflet with LUX Blu-ray Confessions to the Mirror

BFI FIlm Festival Salon Interview Sarah Pucill on Confessions To The Mirror with Ruth Maclennan on Hero City October 2016 https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/london-film-festival-experimenta-salons 

CreatorsPucill, S.
Description

Pucill’s research process involves exploring Cahun’s life in Jersey, together with that of her partner and collaborator Marcel Moore, particularly during the Nazi occupation, and studying Cahun’s posthumously published memoir, Confidences au Miroir, and the photographs Cahun and Moore made on the island. The structure and experimental language of Pucill’s film develops an intermedial form for contemplating artistic legacy and relating to historic works and archives, where celluloid and digital, stillness and movement, black and white and colour are points of intersection in an indeterminate narrative. In its particular use of tableaux vivants, Confessions to the Mirror provides a methodology to bring together the written text and still images of a historic artist, while at the same time bringing what is historical into the present through a material reinvention. The film provided new insights into the shifting critical context around Cahun and her collaboration with Moore whilst privileging both her artistic and political work, and proposing a novel form of collaboration between a historic and a contemporary artist.

Portfolio items
Primary outputConfessions To The Mirror
A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between Photography and Film in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
Garden Self Portraits after Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
Encounters of the Space Between: a Collaboration with Claude Cahun in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
"Coming To Life" and Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants of Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror
The Provocation of Intermediality in the Tableaux Vivants in Magic Mirror and Confessions To The Mirror
Jersey Premiere Screening of Confessions to the Mirror
Frankfurt Screening: Confessions to the Mirror
Ottawa Art Gallery Screening: Confessions to the Mirror
Dortmund / Cologne Women's International Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions to the Mirror
UCL Art Museum Screening: Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A with Maria Walsh
Bagdam Lesbian Festival, Toulouse, France, screening of Confessions to the Mirror
BEEF Bristol Screening: Confessions To The Mirror and Q+A with Vicky Smith
White Cube, Bermondsey, London: Screening: Magic Mirror, Confessions To The Mirror
Cinematek, Oslo: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror + Q+A Greg Pope
National Portrait Gallery: Screening of Confessions To The Mirror
Creteil International Women's Film Festival Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror
Alchemy Film Festival, Scotland Official Selection: Confessions To The Mirror (16mm, col, 68min, 2016)
BFI London Film Festival Premiere of Confessions To The Mirror (16mm col, 68min)
Televised documentary: Interview with extracts from Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror in the documentary 'Masquerades and Games: the Female Artists of Surrealism'
Year2016
PublisherUniversity of Westminster
Web address (URL)http://www.sarahpucill.co.uk/films/confessions-to-the-mirror/
KeywordsClaude Cahun
intermediality
queer
tableaux vivants
Surrealism feminism
CREAM Portfolio
FunderArts Council England
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.34737/qvq82

Portfolio items

Confessions To The Mirror
Pucill, S. 2016. Confessions To The Mirror.

A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between Photography and Film in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2021. A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Televised documentary: Interview with extracts from Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror in the documentary 'Masquerades and Games: the Female Artists of Surrealism'
2020. Televised documentary: Interview with extracts from Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror in the documentary 'Masquerades and Games: the Female Artists of Surrealism'.

Related outputs

A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between Photography and Film in Magic Mirror and Confessions to the Mirror
Pucill, S. 2021. A Dialogue with Claude Cahun: Between 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.

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
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

Blind Light (2007)
Pucill, S. 2007. Blind Light (2007). 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 01 Dec 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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