26 film-poems presented as
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Nichola Bruce + Rebecca E Marshall
The Strangeness of Seeing
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A lyrical and visceral sketchbook of moving image and poetry that intimately explores multiple layers of the seeing experience, our ever-present uncertainties and contradictions, and the fallibilities that bind us and make us human.
“'The Strangeness of Seeing' gets inside your head, you become painfully aware of yourself as machinery: soft, fragile, and above all mortal. Bruce + Marshall have made a superb horror film, in the melancholy, early-Cronenberg manner.” - Simon Ings, The Guardian
Strangeness of Seeing originated as a four-year NESTA Fellowship awarded to Nichola Bruce in 2003, dedicated to the exploration of perception under the mentorship of renowned neuroscientist R.L. Gregory.
This fellowship marked the beginning of a long-term creative partnership between Bruce + Marshall. At the heart of this collaboration is a series of 26 film-poems. Each piece illuminates intimate elements of perception. They reveal strange, fleeting experiences—moments where the personal transforms into the universal.
As 2024-5 Screen South Showcase Artists, Bruce + Marshall are expanding The Strangeness of Seeing into a new phase—one that continues to draw from their shared inner and outer experiences of the world and each other, with the aim of creating a VR immersive landscape of the mind.
The Strangeness of Seeing films have been presented as both installations and cinematic screenings at festivals and venues including the Locarno Film Festival, Optronica Festival (BFI), The Foundry (London), Hastings Castle, and the Herstmonceux Science Centre (Sussex).
CREDITS
Filmmakers BRUCE + MARSHALL
Music BRUCE + MARSHALL
Thanks to Sarah Macnee, Venu Dhupa and all at NESTA.
Jo Nolan, Rhidian Davis, Gavin Roberts, Matthew de Pulford and all at Screen South.
Keith Griffith, Simon Ings, Christos Hatjoullis, Sam Sharples and Sue Tahran for inspiration and support.
