Here’s a really interesting film of five contemporary ceramicists working with clay in it’s most basic form. Neil Brownsword is featured in the Taking Time exhibition.

MMU – Contemporary Film & Video – Marl Hole (2009).

This documentary film shows the ‘epic’ and primordal work of international ceramic artists. The film uses references to ‘epic’ cinema through the music and cinematography, with little dialogue.

Neil Brownsword (UK) Alexandre Englefriet (Holland), Pekka Paikkari (Finland) and Torbjorn Kvasbo (Norway) spent five days during August 2009 in a marl pit at Ibstock Brick Ltd. (the largest brick clay quarry in Europe).

The range of their artistic responses to this post-industrial landscape of North Staffordshire generated new ideas and meaning. The Film ‘MARL HOLE’ is the only surviving component of the work.

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