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Stormwater

The piece, a video triptych, was filmed inside the biggest stormwater reservoir in Europe just before it was opened, filled with water and closed to the public forever. Three screens for three singers who perform inside this underground architecture

  • Tom Skipp
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Tom Skipp

Tom Skipp, a British/Spanish videoartist and filmmaker, lives in Madrid, Spain. He studied at the Arts Educational School in the Barbican, London, and at Warwick university. His work has been shown at film festivals and art institutions around the world, including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Edge Zones, Miami, Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander and Urban Research, Berlin. He has also curated a number of art exhibitions including "Tadeusz Kantor - The Theatre of Memory" at Telefonica and Fundació La Caixa de Catalunya. His short film "Something Old" was awarded a "Palmares" at the Festival d'Images Artistiques Vidéo, December 2009, in Catania and Nîmes. His video "Stormwater" was finalist for the Contemporary Talents Award of the Fondation Fraçois Schneider. He is winner of Premio a la Creación by Matadero Madrid Art Centre. He has created videos for onstage projection in numerous operas including "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" at the Teatro Real in Madrid 2016 and "Les Rois Mages" for Plural Ensemble, 2022. He is co-founder of "Voces en Off" which is held at Cruce de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid.

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