Scott Barley

Scott Barley
Born Scott William Barley
(1992-11-11) November 11, 1992
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Nationality British
Alma mater Cardiff Metropolitan University, University of South Wales, Kingston University
Known for Cinema
Notable work Sleep Has Her House
Movement Remodernist film, Slow cinema, Experimental Film
Website http://www.scottbarleyfilm.com

Scott Barley (born November 11, 1992, Wales, UK) is a British filmmaker and artist.[1][2][3] His work has been associated with the Remodernist film and slow cinema movements. His films are primarily concerned with the anthropocene, nature, darkness, cosmology, phenomenology, and mysticism.[4][5][6] His output has often been compared with the sensibilities of Stan Brakhage, Philippe Grandrieux, Béla Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Maya Deren and Jean Epstein.[7][8][9]

Since early 2015, Barley has almost exclusively shot his films on an iPhone. He is most well known for the 2017 experimental film, Sleep Has Her House which was awarded Best Film by the official jury at the Fronteira International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival in Goiânia, Brazil.[10][2][11]

Influences

Barley has cited the work of artists, Anselm Kiefer, John Martin, Frank Auerbach, and Francis Bacon as key influences, as well as the filmmakers, Michelangelo Antonioni, Béla Tarr, Nathaniel Dorsky, and Phil Solomon, and his readings of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Samuel Beckett, and Antonin Artaud.[12][13]

Style and themes

Barley's approach to filmmaking is similar to that of "personal" avant-garde filmmakers, Jonas Mekas, Nathaniel Dorsky and Peter Hutton, but the post-production process is unique to both mainstream and avant-garde filmmaking praxises.[14]

"I always begin a film almost like one would keep a diary. I have no idea, or agenda to make a film. I simply document. I shoot what attracts me, random things, animals, variances in light, the water, the stars; simply what draws me in on different days, different nights, in different places. Once I have built up a body of footage, I start to see connections. These pieces of footage could be taken months or even years apart – and miles apart too. [I] then invisibly stitch [the different shots] together into one larger shot or sequence. But these connections between different pieces of footage all happen organically. I never force these connections. I never force a film when it doesn’t come. The films find me – not the other way round [...] All my films have been made this way. Some happen quicker than others. Once these connections are established, a narrative - through images - begins to germinate."

Barley's films are low-budget or no budget, and have been shot on iPhone since 2015.

Distribution

Since 2012, Barley has made his short film catalogue freely available for streaming on the video sharing platform, Vimeo.[15][16]

In May 2018, Barley made an announcement through his official website and social media channels that he would begin making Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) of his short films available to download by anybody, free of charge via his website.[17] In his announcement he explained his reasons behind the decision:

"In addition to making films, since the beginning, I have had a strong interest in changing the way that films are distributed, and removing as many (often elitist) barriers that prevent people from accessing a type of cinema that is anything beyond what you'll find in the multiplex or on Netflix as I can, in the small capacity that is possible for me, as an individual filmmaker [...] I want to take that a bit further, beyond the individual and the internet space, and do something that could potentially be community-based [...] If anybody – wherever you may live – has access to a cinema space, big or small, or works for one, or is in dialogue with one that has a healthy interest in showcasing work beyond the multiplex's blockbuster-only method of operation, then this might be something worthwhile. This is an experiment. I have no idea whether this will lead to anything fruitful or beneficial, but I think it's something worth trying. I hope that this may lead to an empowerment in communities over what is screened in theatres, and I hope that it also leads to other filmmakers following suit with some of their work if they so wish, and help make access to different types of filmmaking and short films in a cinema environment easier, and more the norm."

Filmography

TitleRunning time Released (Year)
Womb 17 min 2017
Passing2 min 2017
The Green Ray12 min 2017
Sleep Has Her House90 min 2017
Hinterlands7 min 2016
Closer7 min 2016
Blue Permanence / Swan Blood6 min 2015
Hunter14 min 2015
The Sadness of the Trees12 min 2015
Shadows20 min 2015
Evenfall6 min 2015
Death is a Photograph - unreleased
Hours3 min 2015
Ille Lacrimas20 min 2014
Polytechnique12 min 2014
Nightwalk6 min 2013
Irresolute2 min 2013
Retirement3 min 2013
GLASS / TRUTH 4 min 2013
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold4 min 2012
Untitled (installation with video)3 min 2012

    References

    1. ↑ "IMDb - Scott Barley filmmaker page". IMDb. The International Movie Database. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    2. 1 2 "MUBI Notebook/The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Scott Barley's "Sleep Has Her House"". MUBI. James Slaymaker. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
    3. ↑ "Scott Barley Official Site". Scott Barley. Scott Barley. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    4. ↑ "Le Cinéma Remoderniste Histoire et Théorie d'une Esthétique Contemporaine". Google Docs. Florian Maricourt, Nicole Brenez. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    5. ↑ "Scott Barley / Creating in the Digital Era". 25fps. Milan Kroulík. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
    6. ↑ "Sleep Has Her House". Lo Specchio Scuro. Lorenzo Baldassari. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
    7. ↑ "Cliacom". Climacom Film Journal. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    8. ↑ "Lo Specchio Scuro/Scott Barley". Lo Specchio Scuro Film Journal. Lorenzo Baldassari. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    9. ↑ "Onscreen/Offscreen: The "terrible sublime" of Sleep Has Her House". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
    10. ↑ "Fronteira". fronteirafestival.com.
    11. ↑ "Cineplayers / Sleep Has Her House review". cineplayers.com. Pedro Tavares. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
    12. ↑ "Scott Barley Interview". www.dustinchang.com. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
    13. ↑ Fawcett, Daniel (Summer 2017). "Scott Barley Interview, Film Panic" (PDF). Film Panic. 4: 36–43.
    14. ↑ Chang, Dustin (2017-06-15). "Interview: Scott Barley on Sleep Has Her House". www.dustinchang.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
    15. ↑ "Scott Barley". www.scottbarleyfilm.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
    16. ↑ "Scott Barley". Vimeo. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
    17. ↑ "Scott Barley - Free DCPs of Short Films". www.scottbarleyfilm.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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