Research

Experimental video production as a form of research, focusing on the portrayal of landscape; effects and implications of visual technologies; experimental cinema and personal forms of documentary.

Biography

Richard O’Sullivan is an artist in new media. He graduated from the M.F.A. program in Film Production/ Direction at U.C.L.A Film School in Los Angeles (University of California at L.A.), and from the University of Warwick. His videos explore the meanings of place, and have focused on the contradictions of the Californian landscape. The artist has also produced documentaries, which follow personal narratives. Work in this area includes the feature-length Cradle, the production of which was undertaken with the mentorship of Marina Goldovskaya.

Teaching

Module Co-ordination/ Teaching

FM10420 Media Production Workshop (Semester One)

FM10520 Media Production Workshop (Semester Two)

FM33500 and FM33540 Experimental Media Production (Semesters One and Two)

Teaching

FM10340 Media Production Project

FM30220 Key Film and Media Practices

Publications

Festival Screenings

Short videos by the artist have been programmed at the New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center (curated by Film Society of Lincoln Center; 2007); at Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux, Paris (2010); the Media Forum at the Moscow Film Festival (2008); the Director’s Lounge Festival of New Media Art (Berlin, 2009- 2012); L.A. Digital Art Expo (2008), Electro-Fringe (Newcastle, Australia, 2008); Lucca Film Festival (2007); Dresden Film Festival (2008); and Optica Video Art Festival (Madrid, 2008) among others.

Distribution

Six videos by Richard O’Sullivan are held in the archive/ catalogue of Collectif Jeune Cinema, Paris. Canyon Time was published in the Journal of Short Film (Volume 19, Spring 2010) while Palimpsest was published by Tenderpixel Gallery, London, in the DVD Tenderpix (2009).

Touring Programs

Participation in touring programs include Brigade des Images’ Les Illusions Necessaires (‘The Necessary Illusions’ - galleries in Paris, Moscow, Tbilisi, and Strasburg) and Les Instants Video’s festival selections (Marseille, Buenos Aires, Ramallah, Damascus). Cologne Off/Online Film festival continues to tour (Maracaibo, Cologne, 2008-9).

Gallery Exhibitions

Gallery exhibitions include Now & After at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2011); Traverse Video, Toulouse (2010); The Light at the End of the Tunnel, Scope Basel, 2010, curated by Lee Wells; Devenir-Ecran (Becoming-Screen, 2008) at Espace Lucie Aubrac, Le Vigan, France; Wide Open! at the Krannert Art Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (curated by Pixelpops, 2008); and Contemporary Flanerie: Reconfiguring Cities at Oakland University Art Gallery (Missouri, 2009).

Conferences

Fragments of the Los Angeles River was installed as part of the I.S.E.A. (International Symposium of Electronic Art) in 2009, in an exhibition curated by Kathy Rae Huffman. Other conference screenings/installations include Body-Art-Disease at the Sci-Art Centre of the University of California at Los Angeles (2008), and Artech: Conference on Digital Art, Porto, Portugal (2008).

Script Development

Richard has assessed professional screenplays since 2001, and has produced commentary/editorial advice for writers, producers, and arts bodies. Clients have included the Arts Council of Wales, Sgrin, the NIFC, and Euroscript.