Dr Patti Gaal-Holmes
Senior Lecturer in Film ProductionPhD, MAOverview
I joined AUB in 2015 and am a Senior Lecturer in Film Production, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate units. I coordinate aspects of the BA film history/theory units, lead the 1st year 16mm Bolex project and am particularly interested in the intersections between contextual research and practice. A BA (Hons) Visual Art and AHRB-funded MA Painting were completed at Winchester School of Art, before undertaking a research scholarship in experimental film on the AHRC-funded ‘1970s British Cinema’ project at the University of Portsmouth. A combination of scholarly writing and film/photography practice are central to my research and practice - and I have a love of analogue film and photography. Publications include the monograph ‘A History of 1970s Experimental Film: Britain’s Decade of Diversity’ (2015, Palgrave).
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Qualifications
Qualifications
- 2006-2011 PhD (Uni of Portsmouth) – AHRC funded – British Experimental Film
- 2003-2004 MA Painting (Winchester School of Art) – AHRB funded – distinction
- 1999- 2003 BA (Hons) Visual Art (Winchester School of Art) – 1st class
Teaching Qualification
- 2004-2006 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (University of Greenwich)
Teaching
Currently teaching film history/theory units: Film History Culture (L4) and Contemporary Film (L5); 16mm Bolex film Project, Research into Practice workshops.
Previously taught on film units including Transnational Cinemas, Introduction to Film Theory (University of Portsmouth).
Courses
Research
Research Interests and Projects
Research interests include the broader framework of film and photography history, with some specific focus on experimental filmmaking, transnational cinema and relations between visual arts and filmmaking. Recent practice-based research projects have focused on investigations into my cross-cultural identity. Questions related to the meaning of exile and 'home' underpin these practice-based investigations with work in moving image and photography investigating personal and political histories, which offer up a rich seam of material for excavation. The alchemy of the darkroom and analogue approaches to working with film and photography are central to my practice.
Research Supervision
I am interested in receiving applications from PhD students who wish to investigate experimental film histories and processes of filmmaking, as well as film-related projects focusing on cross-cultural identity, histories, archives and memory. Additionally, relationships between photography and film (analogue and digital); and processes of thinking between research and practice are also welcome.
Awards and Prizes
Notable awards/prizes
- 2021 BEAF (Bournemouth Emerging Arts Festival) – Arts Council England funded.
- 2020 AUB RKT funding for ‘Valdivia’ (Germany project)
- 2018 AUB RKT funding for ‘into the frameless distance’ (Hungary project)
- 2015 Writer-in-Residence, Hosking Houses Trust, Stratford – ‘Liliesleaf’ project
- 2014 Writer-in-Residence, Hosking Houses Trust, Stratford – 1970s film book
- 2013 Arts Council England Grant – ‘Questions of Home’ exhibition, Aspex Gallery
- 2012 Arts Council England Grant – ‘R&D film practice’ & no.w.here film residency
- 2006/09 A.H.R.C. award for Postgraduate Research (PhD)
- 2003/04 A.H.R.B. award for Postgraduate study (MA Painting)
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Art Space Portsmouth - studio holder and member since 2005