PORTFOLIO // DYCP
ARTIST FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
\\ Selected Works
NEON SNAKE
CHOREOGRAPHER Rosie Terry Toogood
SUPPORTED BY Trauma Bar und Kino, Berlin + Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool
DJ / COMPOSER / LIGHTING Grinderteet / Veslemøy Rustad Holseter
LIVE VISUALS / FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
CREATIVE TECH / PROJECTION Venya Krutikov
A dance, sound, light and film collaboration; Neon Snake celebrates the physicality of dance, the intensity of the club, the relaxation of spaces rooted in care, and the queering of the voice.
The 40 minute live piece includes visuals projected throughout the space, created from footage shot live, and used to create these two short pieces.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION + PERFORMERS Rosie Terry Toogood + Grinderteet / Veslemøy Rustad Holseter
THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
FILM PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Maria-Luisa Olmos
SOUND DESIGN Sinéad Diskin
LOCATION SOUND Sinéad Diskin + Lucy Melling
FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
LIVE PRODUCTION PRODUCER Lynette Moran, ANU
LIVE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Louise Lowe, ANU
COMMISSIONED BY Heart of Glass, made possible by Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence programme.
A filmic interpretation of the ANU live production TORCH, condensed into 15 minutes. The film tells the stories of five ordinary women from St Helens, spanning different decades and key moments in the town's history, bringing the voices of the community to the fore.
PIP TAPES
LEAD ARTIST Gemma Nash
CONTRIBUTOR Gill Crawshaw
SOUND ARTIST Calum Perrin
FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
COMMISSIONED BY Heart of Glass, supported by Arts Council England.
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER Chisato Minamimura
PIP Tapes is a collaborative project led by sound artist Gemma Nash. It explores the journey of disability rights, the role of the cassette tape in crip culture and its use as a tool of resistance & record. In collaboration with Deaf performance artist Chisato Minamimura, the initial sound piece evolves into an experimental 'visual soundtrack', with the aim to see sound as well as hear it.
PRODUCER Emily Gee
A LOVE LETTER TO LAGOM
COMMISSIONED AS PART OF an Artist Exchange supported by Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool and Subtopia, Stockholm.
FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
FEATURING Jessica Karlén
Created out of a two-week artist exchange, this nine part series of twelve short videos captures creative communities in Stockholm and Liverpool.
Entitled A Love Letter to Lagom - as a tribute to the Swedish word lagom - meaning just the right amount; living in moderation, in balance, in perfect-simplicity.
MARK OF A WOMAN - SONIA
COMMISSIONED BY The Place and BAC. An Unlimited UK Partner Award 2023 commission with Southbank Centre made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR + PERFORMER Chisato Minamimura
PRODUCER Michael Kitchin
FEATURING Sonia Zambakides
FILMMAKER Caroline Smith
A live digital performance project, exploring authentic accounts of the under-told relationships between women and tattooing cultures. As part of the piece - Sonia's film at 6 minutes in length - uses verbal, visual vernacular and physical storytelling, to share her journey with cancer and her empowering relationship with tattooing.