Arts

Artist Anne Bean will return domestic salt and sand to the sea in a performance at Spurn Head on September 23

Harald Smykla at work

Hermilinda Hergenhahn projects video footage at night onto the same spot in the street where it was filmed in the day

David Stipetic, steeple keeper at Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, takes in the view of Hull from the chuch's tower.

Reel in this one: A shot from the film The Mother Ship, by Simon Warwick Green, which will also be shown in one of five former shipping trailers which have been converted to be used as mobile cinemas across the city

Sign of the times: the festival features sign language cinema for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

See the light

A former warehouse in Hull's fruit market which has been turned into an art gallery is bringing a range of international artists to the city - to challenge the way we see the world.
The warehouse, now known as Hull Art Lab (HAL), in Humber Street, has already been transformed with TV screens, slide projections, drawings, photographs and sounds - in an exhibition entitled "Autobiography" by artist Anne Bean (which runs until September 24).
Zambian-born Bean will also give a live performance, entitled "Homecoming," on September 23 at Spurn Head, in which she will return domestic salt and sand to the sea. (A bus leaves Hull Art Lab at 4pm. Admission is free, bus costs £3).
Following Bean's exhibition, HAL will present a series of events and exhibitions called Incandescent, beginning on October 6 with Light Night - which features twelve hours of live outdoor events.
They include the work of Harald Smykla, from Germany, who challenges spectators by using an overhead projector to draw the structure of buildings - while at the same time projecting the structure back on itself.
And artist Hermilinda Hergenhahn, also from Germany, will present Day in Day Out, which features video footage shot at a location down Prospect Street being projected back onto exactly the same spot that night. (This runs for two weeks).
HAL co-director Bob Levene said: "These artists draw your attention to the subtlety and oddities of the world around us which we don't often see in our daily lives."
For more information visit the website www.hullartlab.org

Light Night on October 6 is being held in five cities across Yorkshire to mark the end of the Illuminate festival, which has been held with the aim of regenerating communities and promoting civic pride. Other events are being organised by the council's City Arts team. These include a film of Animations made by Hull College students being projected onto the front of the Ferens Art Gallery. There's also a lantern parade around Hull city centre, a programme of films on the Big Screen specially put together by Hull Film, and a series of workshops and events at the Central Library, which will be open late on the night.

For more information ring 300300 and ask for City Arts.

Bird's eye view

Visitors with a head for heights can enjoy panoramic views over Hull - by climbing to the top of Holy Trinity Church tower.
It will be open to the public on September 9 and 10 as part of Hull Civic Society's open houses weekend.
The 150-ft high tower has a stone staircase, and houses 15 bells as well as workings for the tower's four clock faces.
David Stipetic, steeple keeper for Holy Trinity Church, said: "The view is magnificent and it's really worth the climb."
Opening times are 12.30pm to 4pm each day. There will be a small entrance charge of £1 to support the upkeep of the building.

Hull in film ...

The Hull International Short Film Festival reels into action this month, with some wonderful gems of the moving image in store ...
Archive footage from the Hull fishing industry and Hull Fair will be screened, along with new documentaries, animations, and experimental films sent in by film-makers from far and wide.
Modern short films from Africa will be running, such as footage of a taxi ride through Freetown, Hull's twin city, in Sierra Leone.
There will be film-making workshops, a special focus on German film, sign language cinema for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, and a look at the career of Edinburgh-based film-maker Matt Hulse.
The festival, now in its fifth year, is supported by Hull City Council and runs from September 27 to October 1.
Showings and events will take place at Hull Film in George Street, the Lamp Bar off Beverley Road, the Big Screen in the city centre, and Hull Streetlife Museum.
And new this year, moving images can also be seen in five shipping containers around the city.
Esther Johnson, director of Hull Film, said: "The shipping containers will be painted blue and have Hull Film branding.
"They'll be at various places including North Point in Bransholme; the Freedom Centre in Preston Road; Ellerburn Avenue in Orchard Park; and Queen Victoria Square.
"The idea is that people can see a short production in a new and unusual setting. It helps us take the festival out to the people."
Shipping containers will be around from September 27-30, and open from 10am to 5pm each day.
For more information about the film festival see page 39.

New look at old age

Think of old age and what springs to mind? Often it's people in comfortable slippers, cardigans, hair nets, and supported by a walking frame.
But an exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery seeks to challenge what it means to be getting on a bit.
Hull-born artist Colin Gray has three works on display, including a photograph of his elderly parents swimming in their front room.
The Golden Oldies exhibition also has oil and watercolour paintings and video clips of elderly folk in a variety of settings. Together they show how old age has been viewed from Victorian times to the present day.
Laura Turner, of Ferens Art Gallery, said: "The exhibition will challenge the perceptions many people have about ageing. There will be a wide range of images to interest the young and old alike."
Golden Oldies is free to visit and runs until September 14.