As Sure As The Rain
As Sure As The Rain
"Over the course of 2 hours, Nick Stewart's, AS SURE AS THE RAIN, creates a magnificent framework for us to think about time, space, memory and history. " Tao Films.
“It's a rich and thoughtful work. It reminded me of Life May Be, the film I did with Mania Akbari, but it's more wide ranging.” Mark Cousins, producer, director and writer.
"One of my films of the year! It is so intense, so profound. It’s dreamy and yet real. It’s thoughtful and thought-provoking. And it gets better with every chapter." Nadin Mai, Curator, programmer @ tao films, tao-films.com
Film site: assureastherain.com
Using footage shot on a trip to Mexico, this essay film explores the childhood memories of Irish artist and film maker, Nick Stewart, and Mexican writer and artist, Helen Blejerman. Stewart was brought up in Ireland and lived in Belfast through the darkest days of the conflict there. The experience of that time runs through the dozen or so stories that make up his half of the script of the film. Blejerman has written another set of stories that similarly explore her Mexican childhood and subsequent move to the UK. These stories counterpoint footage shot by Stewart while traveling in Mexico. The film weaves a network of associations, memories and observations together in a non-linear narrative that is, by turns, political, biographical, poetic and factual.
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Stewart, Nick
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30 June 2017
Stewart, Nick
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Stewart, Nick
(2017)
As Sure As The Rain.
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"Over the course of 2 hours, Nick Stewart's, AS SURE AS THE RAIN, creates a magnificent framework for us to think about time, space, memory and history. " Tao Films.
“It's a rich and thoughtful work. It reminded me of Life May Be, the film I did with Mania Akbari, but it's more wide ranging.” Mark Cousins, producer, director and writer.
"One of my films of the year! It is so intense, so profound. It’s dreamy and yet real. It’s thoughtful and thought-provoking. And it gets better with every chapter." Nadin Mai, Curator, programmer @ tao films, tao-films.com
Film site: assureastherain.com
Using footage shot on a trip to Mexico, this essay film explores the childhood memories of Irish artist and film maker, Nick Stewart, and Mexican writer and artist, Helen Blejerman. Stewart was brought up in Ireland and lived in Belfast through the darkest days of the conflict there. The experience of that time runs through the dozen or so stories that make up his half of the script of the film. Blejerman has written another set of stories that similarly explore her Mexican childhood and subsequent move to the UK. These stories counterpoint footage shot by Stewart while traveling in Mexico. The film weaves a network of associations, memories and observations together in a non-linear narrative that is, by turns, political, biographical, poetic and factual.
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Published date: 30 June 2017
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Since the 1980s Nick Stewart has created a diverse body of exhibitions and publications in, drawing, performance, video and photography. He has published two books and, more recently, completed his first feature length film. A wide range of interests and research informs his work but the question of place and national identity in the context of Ireland is of particular concern to him. In 2007 he published the Arts Council England funded book, no-one's not from everywhere, the culmination of several years of research into Irish artists and their views on Irish identity. In 2012 the John Hansard Gallery published, Which is The: 49 Views, the result of another ACE funded project focused on a ten day journey along the Irish border. In 2017 he completed a feature length film, shot in Mexico and funded by the EU, in collaboration with writer and artist, Helen Blejerman http://assureastherain.com
Nick has been the recipient of numerous awards, residencies and commissions including, The Canada Council, The British Council, The British Film Institute and the Royal Festival Hall in London. He has exhibited widely in the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, Europe, India and Vietnam.
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