Mark Webber

Forename/s: 
Mark
Family name: 
Webber
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Interview Number: 
583
Interview Date(s): 
13 Mar 2009
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Duration (mins): 
115

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Key Activities / Career

  • He has organised screenings and events at major institutions: Tate Modern, BFI Southbank, ICA, Barbican, Whitney Museum (NY), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Kunsthalle Basel, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1

  • From 2000 to 2012 he was a programmer for the BFI London Film Festival. markwebber.org.uk+1

  • He has also held academic / research roles: Senior Research Fellow at University of the Arts London (2006-10) markwebber.org.uk

  • In 2014 he founded The Visible Press, which publishes books on artists’ film, writings by filmmakers, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1


Major Projects & Interests

  • He has curated retrospectives, tours, and exhibitions on filmmakers in the avant-garde, including Peter Gidal, Gregory Markopoulos, Owen Land (aka George Landow), Valie Export, Tony Conrad, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1

  • Some of his edited volumes / books: Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos; Shoot Shoot Shoot: The First Decade of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative (1966-1976); Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema; The Afterimage Reader; Flare Out: Aesthetics 1966-2016. markwebber.org.uk+1


Also: Mark Webber in Music

  • The same Mark Webber is also a member of the band Pulp. markwebber.org.uk+2Wikipedia+2

  • He joined Pulp in 1995; prior to that he was involved with the fan-club and tours. He plays guitar, and contributes to albums since Different Class. Wikipedia+1


Areas of Focus & Style

  • Webber’s work is concerned with artists’ moving image, experimental film & video, historical avant-garde movements, expanded cinema. markwebber.org.uk+1

  • His writing is published in places like Frieze, The Wire, Tank, The Guardian, etc. He is interested in the 1960s-70s avant-garde, especially in its structural, expanded, underground forms. markwebber.org.uk+1