The School’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture is proud to present its VIEW programme of events at this year’s University May Festival on 24-26 May.
Please see below for a full list of events being organised by GWW Centre members, in chronological order, including a round-table to accompany two exhibitions at the Suttie Arts Space, a masterclass and Director’s Cut event with filmmaker and University of Aberdeen graduate Jon S. Baird, a Director’s Cut film screening and Q&A with renowned Austrian documentary filmmaker Ruth Beckermann, and an exhibition of films by the local school pupils.
We hope that you may be able to join us for some or all of the events described below.
FRIDAY 24 MAY
Exhibition Publication Launch and Roundtable Discussion, 5-6pm, The Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
A publication to accompany the exhibitions Immobile Choreography by Beverley Hood and From Where Do We See? curated by Dr Silvia Casini, at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, will be launched as part of the University of Aberdeen’s MayFest programme. Both exhibitions celebrate 40 years of MRI development in Aberdeen, bridging two moments in the history of MRI innovation at the University of Aberdeen. 
The launch event will be led by Dr Silvia Casini (lecturer in Film and Visual Culture) in The Suttie Arts Space. Guest speakers will include:
Dr Leeanne Bodkin – Clinical Lecturer (Scholarship) and Coordinator Medical Humanities (University of Aberdeen)
Dr Lionel Broche e – Research Fellow (Identify)
Neil Curtis – Head of Museums & Special Collections (University of Aberdeen)
Beverley Hood
(refreshments will be provided)
Both exhibitions run until the 16th of June.
Masterclass with Jon S. Baird, 5-6pm, Belmont Filmhouse
We are delighted that award-winning director, Jon Baird, who is going to kick off the University’s May Festival in a Director’s Cut event on Friday 24th May, has agreed to do a GWW Centre Masterclass with our Film students. 
Jon, who is a graduate of Aberdeen, will be discussing ways of breaking into the film and television industry, and talking in depth about how he filmed a scene from one of his movies. Prof. Alan Marcus will facilitate the session.
In addition, the main Director’s Cut event with Jon Baird at the May Festival at 7:30pm in KCC Auditorium is open to members of the University and the public. This event, interlaced with clips from his feature films, will look at the whole of his work: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/directorscut/profiles/baird/
SATURDAY 25 MAY
Director’s Cut with Ruth Beckermann, 3-5pm, King’s College Conference Centre Auditorium
Renowned Austrian documentary filmmaker Ruth Beckermann will be coming to this year’s May Festival from Vienna for a screening of her latest award-wining film The Waldheim Waltz (2018), followed by a Q&A, chaired by Dr Katya Krylova.
This special Director’s Cut event is being hosted by the VIEW programme of the George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture, with the generous support of the Austrian Cultural Forum London, the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre at the Institute of Modern Languages Research London, and the University of Aberdeen.
The event is FREE to attend and no booking is required. Further information is available via the Director’s Cut webpage and or via the Facebook event page.
FRIDAY 24 MAY – SUNDAY 26 MAY
Short Film Exhibition by Local Teenage Filmmakers, May Tent, King’s Lawn
The George Washington Wilson Centre is proud to present an exhibition of short films by local teenage filmmakers. 
In March 2019, the GWW Centre hosted a two-day Filmmaking Workshop for School Pupils aged 16+ from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire schools at the University of Aberdeen’s Media Lab. Organised by Dr Áine Larkin and guided by student instructors, local teenage filmmakers devised, planned, created and edited a short film in only 8 days. Check out the plasma screen on display in the May Tent on the King’s Lawn to experience the future of film.
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