A short film about war (part two of Flat Earth Trilogy)

‘A short film about war’ (2009/2010) commissioned by Alt-w/NewMedia Scotland (£4000) in 2009 is a two-channel documentary artwork made from information found online and part of a wider project called, 'Flat Earth Trilogy'. It considers new models of documentary making -asking what potential our new globally accessible databases and social media repositories have as documentary archives, while focusing specifically on how information is distorted as it is mediated through globally networked digital communications systems? The other two works in the trilogy are 'Flat Earth' (2007) commissioned by Channel 4 & Animate TV (£16,000) and ‘Belief’ (2012) commissioned through a Vital Spark nomination with Creative Scotland (£40,000) ‘A short film about war’ has been exhibited widely internationally in major venues; at Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT), Liverpool for the touring exhibition ‘My War’ (catalogue 110 pages ISBN 978-3-86828-134-7 | subsequent venue: Edith Russ Haus, Oldenberg); Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2011 where the work was nominated for a Tiger Award; Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany, 2011 (solo exhibition); Rooftop Films, New York, 2011; as part of our solo exhibition at Watermaal Station in Brussels, Belgium 2011; for Recontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou/Gaite Lyrique, Paris and touring to Madrid and Berlin 2011/2012; as part of our nomination for the Samsung Art Prize, BFI Southbank, London, 2012; Loop Art Fair, Barcelona; for the major group exhibition at Haus Der Kunst Munich called, ‘Image Counter Image’ (200 pages ISBN 978-3-86335-208-0); at the OFF & FREE International Film Festival, ArKo Museum, Seoul, South Korea (catalogue forthcoming), 2012; and at the fourteenth Videonale in Bonn, 2013 (catalogue forthcoming). ‘A short film about War’ is also distributed internationally by Lux, Carroll / Fletcher gallery and Animate Projects where contextual essay by Lisa LeFeuvre (Director of Henry Moore Institute) is available for download.