ARTIST: Lavinia Brydon and Lisa Stead
WHERE: Grass outside Rutherford Extension
WHEN: Saturday, 16:00-20:00
Since Powell and Pressburger filmed their iconic A Canterbury Tale in Chilham, this east Kent village has hosted a wide variety of filmmakers and television crews, providing a backdrop for Jane Austen adaptations, and playing host to TV shows including Top Gear, Poirot and Miss Marple.
This projection focuses on the filming of the 2009 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Images of the village before, during and after the shoot, show what happens when a village is transformed into a film set, and prompts us to consider how the identity of Chilham was negotiated, shaped or transformed in the processes of being filmed and through this particular screen legacy. The images are accompanied by audio interviews with members of the local community. The work uses materials collected and discussed at ‘Chilham On Screen: A One-Day Festival’ held at Chilham village hall in October 2015.
Lavinia Brydon is Lecturer in Film at the School of Arts, and Lisa Stead is Lecturer in British and American Cinema at the University of Exeter.