The Calling
The beginnings of life jump cut to the atemporal fluidity of networked nudes that form a spiralling galaxy.
"remarkable" "a poet in a frenzy" legendary director Werner Herzog
"undisciplined genius" "one of our most important artists" controversial English art critic and media personality Brian Sewell
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Chris BoydDirector
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Chris BoydProducer
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Chris BoydEditor
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Andy BoydCG SupervisorThe Tree of Life
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Chris BoydAnimation
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Chris BoydSound
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
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Genres:Video Art, Art, Animation, Experimental, Short, CGI, PostDigital
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Runtime:3 minutes 7 seconds
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Completion Date:May 23, 2006
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Production Budget:0 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Near nazareth FestivalAjula
Israel
May 23, 2017 -
London International Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
December 13, 2016 -
Cutting Edge Film FestivalPompano Beach
United States
November 3, 2016 -
European Film Festival. Mainstream & UndergroundMoscow
Russian Federation
October 22, 2016 -
World Arts Film FestivalJacksonville
United States
October 13, 2016 -
Minikino Film WeekBali
Indonesia
October 8, 2016 -
Grand Indiewise ConventionMiami
United States
September 10, 2016 -
Norwich Radical Film FestivalNorwich
United Kingdom
August 26, 2016 -
Manifesto Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
August 26, 2016 -
Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film AwardsVilnius
Lithuania
August 21, 2016 -
ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
August 21, 2016 -
Vienna Independent Film FestivalVienna
Austria
July 4, 2016
Best Experimental Film -
Toronto Film WeekToronto
Canada
August 7, 2016 -
Currents. The Santa Fe International New Media FestivalSanta Fe, New Mexico
June 10, 2016
North American Premiere -
Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film FestivalStockholm
Sweden
April 24, 2016 -
Sydney World Film FestivalSydney
Australia
March 24, 2016 -
Hong Kong Arthouse Film FestivalHong Kong
China
March 23, 2016 -
Werner Herzog Rogue Film SchoolMunich, Germany
March 21, 2016
Selected by Werner Herzog -
Swedenborg Film FestivalLondon, UK
March 24, 2016 -
The Erotic & Bizarre Art Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
March 10, 2016 -
Manchester International Film FestivalManchester, UK
March 5, 2016
UK Film Festival Premiere -
Torque. Language, Mind & TechnologyLiverpool, UK
April 30, 2014 -
Athens Video Art FestivalAthens, Greece
April 11, 2007
Greece Premiere -
Noise of Art, RoundhouseLondon, UK
February 2, 2007 -
Art VideoVästerås, Sweden
September 20, 2007 -
Noise FestivalManchester, UK
October 19, 2006 -
Chaosmos, ExhibitionLiverpool, UK
September 11, 2006 -
Northern Graduates, Curwen & New Academy GalleryLondon, UK
August 5, 2006 -
The Bigger PictureBBC Public Screens, UK
September 28, 2006
Boyd has shown work at a wide variety of galleries, events and venues, including Tate Online, FACT, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Lowry, Roundhouse, Urbis, Corsica Studios, The Bigger Picture with The Cornerhouse. A broad spectrum of Boyd's visual art and commercial work has been broadcast including music video channels, MTV, 4 Music, BBC 2, Channel 4 and Channel 5. He was joint winner of the Big Art Challenge UK Art Prize in 2004, a 6 part series on channel 5. A recipient of a Microwave award from FACT in 2004. In 2005 he provided a video in 40 Artists 40 Days, a special Tate Britain project supporting London's Olympic bid that brought the games to Britain in 2012.
Chris Boyd is a British contemporary artist whose multi-media work is preoccupied with the interrelationships with technology and modes of Being.
Instagram @ChrisQBoyd