Biography
In Brief
Matt Hulse is an artist best known for his films although he has produced a diversity of works, some cross-disciplinary, including animation, audio art, installation, web projects, sound design, music, printed textiles & performance.
He is also active as a curator. In 2001 he was a recipient of a Creative Scotland Award.
Recent Activity
Matt’s debut feature film Follow The Master premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in June & was the second-fastest selling film of 2009. Here is information about upcoming screenings.
He has a film projection called Light Work (Many Hands) touring with the group show Follow a Thread (Six Contemporary Responses to the Art of Tapestry), made in collaboration with the weavers at Dovecot Studios, commissioned by IC: Innovative Craft.
A collaboration with artist Deirdre Nelson developed as part of the National Museum of Wales’ Artist Object Project was on show at the Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery. The piece, called Shift, explored sound as a means to animate ceramic shards and coal dust.
Matt continues work on his second feature Dummy Jim, based on the journal of profoundly deaf Scottish cyclist James Duthie who cycled solo to the Arctic Circle in 1951. The project has attracted support from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation & The National Deaf Children’s Society.
Financial backing for this project is being built with individual contributions from Kindly Folk.
Since 2005 Matt has collaborated with globally respected pianist & composer Max Richter, creating films for live performances of Richter’s work. Shows have included Territorias Festival (Seville), Wordless Music Season (New York City), Unsound Festival (Krakow) & Teatro Della Pergola (Florence).
Selected Retrospective Screenings
Nova Cinema Brussels (2008) link (pdf)
ICA London (London Short Film Festival) (2007) link
Festival International du Film de La Rochelle (2005) link
Art Institute Chicago (Gene Siskel Film Centre) (2004) link
Centre For Contemporary Art Warsaw (2003)
Selected Film Awards
Hoppe-Ritter Teamwork Award (21st Stuttgart Filmwinter) awarded to the team behind film installation The Harrachov Exchange: Guy Bishop, Matt Hulse, Ben Rivers & Joost van Veen (2008)
Best Experimental Film (Melbourne International Film Festival) awarded to the directors of the film Harrachov: Matt Hulse & Joost van Veen (2007)
Kodak Award for Animation San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival (2004)
Special Award for Film (shared w/ Jean Luc Godard) Split Festival of New Film (2001)
First Prize (Video Section) Transmediale Berlin (1999)
Group Shows & Collaborative Projects
Dunlop’s Pedal Powered Time Machine (2009)
Interactive exhibit created in collaboration with Guy Bishop & Alan Brown for The Dick Museum & Art Gallery, Kilmarnock for major show Ayrshire Innovators link
Figuring Landscapes: Artists’ Moving Image from UK & Australia (2009)
Touring show includes ArtSway (New Forest), Tate Modern, Dundee Contemporary Arts, FACT Liverpool, Vivid Birmingham & venues in Australia link
Work: Sine Die (S8 on DV, 1994)
InsideOut: A Psyche & Its Geography (2008)
Audio collection curated by Andrew Kotting. Published by the Sonic Arts Network link
Work: Louyre (Audio, 5′)
Let Me Show You Some Things (2008)
CCA, Glasgow, curated by The Magic Lantern, Sarah Tripp & Robert Orchardson link
Work: See Noise Hear Light (S8 on DV, 2007, 30′)
The Harrachov Exchange (2007)
35mm film & kinetic sculpture installation created in collaboration with Guy Bishop & Joost van Veen with the participation of Ben Rivers.
Numerous shows include Dilston Grove (London), Edinburgh International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival & Aurora link & link & another link
Undercover Surrealism (2006)
The Hayward Gallery, London
Work: Passover (S8 on DV, 2004, 1′)
discparc 003 (2006)
Audio works by six Scottish & six Canadian artists.
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee
Work: Louyre (Audio, 9′)
Available Light: The Use of Light in Artists’ Film (2005)
Curated by Andy Ditzler for ACP Film Series, Eyedrum, Atlanta, USA
Work: There Is Only Light (S8 on DV, 2004, 4′)
A Century of Artists’ Film in Britain (2003) link
Tate Britain, London
Work: Take Me Home (S8/16mm on DV, 7′)
Fabula (2003)
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford
Work: Overheated (S8 on DV, 1990, 7′) link
Animate & Fascinate (1999)
Curated by Morag Davidson for Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Work: Loop of footage from film Take Me Home viewed using a hand-held Super 8 viewer
Zone ‘96 (1996)
Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery.
Work: Roll Over, Panini (40 slides, 2 slide projectors, pair of paintings by Panini)
Curated by Matt Hulse
FilmCraft (January 2009)
A series of events & screenings that explored relationships between craft & the moving image, with a particular emphasis on textiles. A Thinking Through Craft event commissioned by IC:Innovative Craft.
The Audible Picture Show
International touring presentation of audio-only artworks by a diversity of visual artists, film makers, animators, writers, radio makers presented in dark cinemas. Ongoing since 2003, venues have included Curzon Soho, University of Iowa, Marfa Texas & Film Museum Potsdam.
Sign Language Cinema (2002, 2003 & 2006)
Journeys into deaf moving image culture – films, talks, presentations & events. Edinburgh Filmhouse & Glasgow Film Theatre. The 2003 festival was the world’s first carbon neutral film festival.
The Sound of Loozak (2001)
Sound installation, various artists. Public toilets, Arches, Glasgow.
Light Fantastic (1994)
International Film & Video Expo, Bath Fringe Festival, with Lucy Reynolds.
Residencies
The Wooda Arts Award (Feb/March 2009)
Original & committed artists in any medium offered a bursary & six weeks of studio time. Edited debut feature film Follow The Master link
a-i-r Laboratory (June 2004)
Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland. Shot & edited short film There Is Only Light link
Selected Bibliography
Figuring Landscapes (Edited by Catherine Elwes & Steven Ball 2008)
Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 978-1-84638-047-1
Time Out: 1000 Films to Change Your Life (Edited by Simon Cropper 2006)
ISBN 978-1-904978-73-2 buy this book
The animate! Book: Rethinking Animation (Edited by Ben Cook & Gary Thomas 2006)
ISBN 0 954-85692-9 buy this book & dvd
Fabula (Edited by Patrick Henry 2003)
Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 0-948489-22-7
A History of Experimental Film & Video (A.L.Rees 1999)
ISBN 0-85170-681-9 buy this book
Educator
Matt has devised & led film making workshops at Edinburgh College of Art (Film & TV); DJCA University of Dundee (Time Based Art); Sint Lukas School Brussels (Animation) & Royal College of Art London (Animation).
On the Jury
Zebra Poetry Film Award (Berlin), Hamburg International Short Film Festival & Britspotting (Berlin).
Last Updated November 2009
