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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

  • Chris Boyd
    Director
  • Chris Boyd
    Producer
  • Chris Boyd
    Editor
  • Andy Boyd
    CG Supervisor
    The Tree of Life
  • Chris Boyd
    Animation
  • Chris Boyd
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    Video Art, Art, Animation, Experimental, Short, CGI, PostDigital
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 23, 2006
  • Production Budget:
    0 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Near nazareth Festival
    Ajula
    Israel
    May 23, 2017
  • London International Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 13, 2016
  • Cutting Edge Film Festival
    Pompano Beach
    United States
    November 3, 2016
  • European Film Festival. Mainstream & Underground
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    October 22, 2016
  • World Arts Film Festival
    Jacksonville
    United States
    October 13, 2016
  • Minikino Film Week
    Bali
    Indonesia
    October 8, 2016
  • Grand Indiewise Convention
    Miami
    United States
    September 10, 2016
  • Norwich Radical Film Festival
    Norwich
    United Kingdom
    August 26, 2016
  • Manifesto Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    August 26, 2016
  • Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    August 21, 2016
  • ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    August 21, 2016
  • Vienna Independent Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    July 4, 2016
    Best Experimental Film
  • Toronto Film Week
    Toronto
    Canada
    August 7, 2016
  • Currents. The Santa Fe International New Media Festival
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    June 10, 2016
    North American Premiere
  • Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    April 24, 2016
  • Sydney World Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    March 24, 2016
  • Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    China
    March 23, 2016
  • Werner Herzog Rogue Film School
    Munich, Germany
    March 21, 2016
    Selected by Werner Herzog
  • Swedenborg Film Festival
    London, UK
    March 24, 2016
  • The Erotic & Bizarre Art Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    March 10, 2016
  • Manchester International Film Festival
    Manchester, UK
    March 5, 2016
    UK Film Festival Premiere
  • Torque. Language, Mind & Technology
    Liverpool, UK
    April 30, 2014
  • Athens Video Art Festival
    Athens, Greece
    April 11, 2007
    Greece Premiere
  • Noise of Art, Roundhouse
    London, UK
    February 2, 2007
  • Art Video
    Västerås, Sweden
    September 20, 2007
  • Noise Festival
    Manchester, UK
    October 19, 2006
  • Chaosmos, Exhibition
    Liverpool, UK
    September 11, 2006
  • Northern Graduates, Curwen & New Academy Gallery
    London, UK
    August 5, 2006
  • The Bigger Picture
    BBC Public Screens, UK
    September 28, 2006
Director Biography - Chris Boyd

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.

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Director Statement

Chris Boyd is a British contemporary artist whose multi-media work is preoccupied with the interrelationships with technology and modes of Being.

Instagram @ChrisQBoyd