britt randle: 3 films 300 drawings

Saturdays in October: 4, 11, 18, 25

2pm-6pm

the artist will be present

26 is pleased to present the works of Toronto Artist and Filmmaker britt randle.

The main space will feature 3 short films, the hallway will host 300 drawings.

At 12, I began making super 8 films. That same year my evangelical parents took me to Hollywood to exorcise my extreme fascination with the movies. Their plan to expose the reality behind the magic backfired and the obsession continues.

The films are autobiographical in nature, masked in metaphor. They pull from old photographs, silent film and modern dance. Everything seen within the frame of each film is made by hand every wall, dress, flower......it is an obsession.

7 years ago I had a complete and utter breakdown it hit like a hammer and was terrifying. I hid it very well. Many of the drawings pull from that and other life experiences. They are intuitive and experimental. I dont restrict myself to one style nor do I try to create a series. I just draw and draw and draw.

britt randle

Select Filmography

Run Rabbit

2014, r/t: 10:25 minutes, writer, director

Inside Out/LGBT Film Festival Toronto, 2014

Seattle LGBT Film Festival 2014 upcoming

Florence Queer Film Festival 2014 upcoming

The Root of the Tree

2011, r/t: 6:38 minutes, writer, director, d.o.p., art director

Site specific screening Nuit Blanche 2011, Toronto

Dada Dum

2007, r/t: 8:17 minutes, writer, director, art director

Selected for official competition at the Toronto International Film

Festival, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Atlantic International Film Festival

Screened at Nuit Blanche 2008 and film festivals worldwide

Eve

2002, r/t:12:12 minutes, writer, director, art director

Winner, Best Experimental Film, Worldwide Short Film Festival

Screened at Mexicos Festival Internacional de Cine - Expresion en Corto and festivals worldwide

Represented Canada at the Round Table of Independent Filmmakers screening in New York

Selected by Canada Council for the Arts to represent Canada at the Reel Dance Canada retrospective at Internationale Tanzmesse in Dusseldorf, Germany October 2003

Va! Laisse Couler Mes Larmes

2000, r/t: 6 minutes, writer, director, art director

Screened at numerous film festivals worldwide