Found footage super 8 film originally made for screening at a festival event celebrating the work of JG Ballard. Various car crashes, vintage glamour striptease and sounds generated from Helliwell's self-built tone generators, are cut together to form an experimental collage.
The film first screened at Zoom Lens during the Cinecity Festival at the Basement, Brighton, in November 2012.
This is an extract from Ian Helliwell's film that runs 4'05.
Short video documentation of Ian Helliwell’s Practical Electronica exhibition at Phoenix Brighton gallery in Nov/Dec 2011. Made with stills, video and animation, the film captures the various interactive parts of the display centred around the Practical Electronica documentary, concerning the work of electronic composer/inventor FC Judd.
The various exhibits lead off into other related areas of Helliwell's work, including collages and machines. His modified TV and microphone, and the Hellimatic electronic sound generator are shown being activated by visitors to the gallery.
The film was completed in February 2012 and first screened at Cafe Oto in London for the Wire Salon - Practical Electronica: From Chromasonics to the Megatherm.
Found super 8 striptease footage already displaying signs of age and decay, was further treated with ink, and then cut up and reorganised. The soundtrack involves electronic sound and improvisations with the Hellitone Piano.
This is an excerpt from Ian Helliwell's film that runs 3''30.
This film captures a performance of an audio-visual piece based around a 3 channel electronic composition created by Ian Helliwell, with his self-built tone generating equipment – Hellitrons and Hellisizers.
Ian worked closely with Brighton based dancer and choreographer Charlotte Froud who formulated a dance to work in conjunction with the electronic sounds.
In the performance the music repeats and goes through 3 cycles, while a large quarter inch magnetic tape loop plays simultaneously through an open reel tape recorder and loudspeaker, and is mixed live, in and out of the main recording.
This is an excerpt from Ian Helliwell's film that runs 6'30.
