Sailing Out Of Grain 2012

She gives me this incredible freedom; and together, if we’re working together, we’ll be the best we can be. As she moves, I hear the different nuances of the wind in and the shape of the waves. I don’t quite know. It’s not like I have a visual picture, I just get an overall sense of her happiness, if you like.

Hilary Lister

Sailing Out of Grain is a collaboration between the London-based Spanish artist Juan delGado and solo yachtswoman Hilary Lister. Together, they have embarked on a journey, which will lead them to explore the inner world of Hilary, her life, dreams and achievements. Through an observational camera, Juan will compose an intimate portrait of this extraordinary, yet vulnerable woman whose body has steadily became paralysed due to a progressive neurological disorder.

The project will take the artist and the sailor beyond the physical, creating a poetical moving image installation revealing Hilary’s internal, psychological experiences and motivations.

Sailing Out of Grain invites it’s audience to embark on a journey to that significant place that is the sea, a remarkable place which allowed Hilary to reaffirm herself with life.

 

Sailing Out Of Grain nominated in the Culture and Design Awards 2012!

Sailing Out of Grain has been nominated in the Medway Culture and Design Awards 2012!

Run by Medway Council, the awards were created to celebrate excellence in the arts, culture, design and heritage. These awards serve to recognise groups and individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the area’s cultural vitality. .

The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 6 2012 in Medway.

We will keep you updated on the Awards as we receive more information, but for now be sure to check out the Culture and Design Awards website.

Kaleidoscope Gallery opens Sailing Out Of Grain on Monday 3rd of December with an artist Q&A

Sailing Out Of Grain will be opening at the Kaleidoscope Gallery in Seven Oaks, Kent on Monday the 3rd of December. To open the night and to coincide with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Juan delGado will be holding an artists Q&A.

The Q&A along with drinks will begin at 6.30pm and will be a great opportunity to see the exhibition and chat to Juan about his work and inspirations.

The artist Q&A is a free event but the gallery has asked that people RSVP to kaleidoscope@kent.gov.uk, to ensure their place.

The exhibition will be running at the Kaleidoscope Gallery from Monday the 3rd until Monday the 17th of December, we hope to see you there!

For more information about the venue click here.

Sailing Out of Grain arrives at the Lighthouse Arts Centre

On Saturday the 8th, Sailing Out of Grain opened for the public at Poole’s Lighthouse Arts Centre. The exhibition is running from the 8th until the 29th of September so make sure you head down and have a look!

Meanwhile here’s a few pictures from behind the scenes when Juan and the team were setting up….

Finally finished the exhibition can now be enjoyed by the public, visit the Lighthouse Arts Centre’s website for more information.

Get yourselves down to the Bridport Arts Centre!

Even if you missed Juan’s gallery talk on the 1st of September, you can still check out the exhibition at Bridport Art’s Centre until the 15th of September. Make sure you head down soon and show the project some support.

In the mean time have a look at some of the pictures from Juan’s visit to the centre…

B-Side Festival’s thoughts on Sailing Out Of Grain…

From the 27th of July to the 12th of August 2012, Sailing Out Of Grain was exhibited as part of the B-Side Festival in Weymouth and then Portsmouth. The Festival was a great success and we thought we’d share with you some of the nice things people said about Sailing Out Of Grain and the film programme in general. (For info about the other films shown alongside Sailing Out Of Grain see B-Side’s website)

You can read some of the comments from the Festival’s Film Visitor Book below.

Thank you to all of those who came down to see and support the exhibition! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
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Film Programme Visitor Comments

Beautiful, thought-provoking films. The use of the 3 screens enriches the sensations and narrative in a really cool way. Loved the ‘sailing out of Grain’ film because of her choice to experience the elements first hand ! Thankyou Katy for telling me about b-side !

Great ! From Oscar

Great ! From Florie

A wide mix, which explores many issues and avenues. Both delightful and thought- provoking. Work of great value !

Very inspirational film of the quadriplegic sailor. Also an eye opener to reality and poverty that’s around the world and its troubles today.

Unusual films. Food for thought.

Very interesting, ran out of time, will be back !!

Interesting – all 3 !

Sailing out of Grain – what an inspiring film – achievement of freedom against the odds.

Aqua – spoiled by duff acting. Sailing out of Grain – beautiful and great use of the wide screen. Closer to the wind – wonderful soundscape, didn’t need the old boy talking. Promised Land – stunning piece of work, great photography and moving story.

Sailing out of Grain was quite superb. The slow build up to getting on the water really put one into the character of the woman. Mind altering. Other films also good – will return to see longer film another time.

Very thought provoking films. A great way to bring different issues to a wider audience.

Well made interesting films. Good venue.

Just tells a story, from a very human side. Lovely lovely film.

I hope these films will be shown in schools/collages – also the disabled sailor film should be shown on TV before the Paralympics.

An inspirational short film that should push us all to try a bit harder. Thank you.

Aqua – weak acting and dull. Powerful telling of disabled woman, beautiful. Pelican beautifully constructed images.

Fantastic inspiration and brilliant photographic presentation from all sides – thank you.

Great to be in Weymouth – what an advert for the UK – arts and athletics, great mix. Many thanks.

Great, well curated programmed – well done !

Really fascinating to see the ‘sea’ and water in different ways.

Very unusual and interesting excellent filming.

Fantastic !

Very enjoyable.

Sorry its not on for longer or during Paralympics in Sept 2012.

Very thought provoking, sad and visually impressive. Thank you. Very worthwhile and powerful – excellent. Great – we need more events like this.

Lots of preparation has been going on this week, ready for September 1st, when Juan will present Sailing Out Of Grain at the Bridport Arts Centre in Dorset.

Find out about the centre here.
Or check our exhibitions page for more details on where you can catch the project.

If you missed the Sailing Out Of Grain premiere at the Marlowe Theatre…

…or you simply want to watch it all again, then do not worry! Check out our Vimeo account here: http://vimeo.com/user1736265, where you can watch not only the 3 screen format of the exhibition as shown in Canterbury last month, but also a two screen format. Although you won’t get quite the same affect as if you were surrounded by the three screens and surround sound, we still think it’s pretty powerful watching.

Let us know your thoughts on the piece, and check out our events page to find out where you can see Sailing Out Of Grain in person, in a venue near you.

Happy watching!