Art/Roc/Doc is a fly on the wall documentary which followed Glasgow band, Isosceles on a road trip to uncover the London art scene during Frieze Art Fair 2009.

Along the way, Isosceles headlined PLUS, a large group exhibition and series of events produced by Kerry Ryan (Neon and Sign-makers), Declan McMullan (artist/independent producer) and Volume (London), with support from Central Station. PLUS was 72 hours of non-stop artists, exhibits and music, featuring Douglas Gordon, Matt Collishow, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Sam Hasler.

See all three parts of Art/Roc/Doc here.

Members Tom Duncan and Dasha jumped on board to film and photograph the event, designer Ruth Parker was set with the task of creating a cardboard caravan and together they created a short film which premiered at Glasgow Film Festival 2010.

To find out more about the project, read this.

See the full Art/Roc/Doc collection online here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

Working with independent studio space Volume London and Glasgow band Isosceles, Central Station documented Isosceles journey to London to preview their new album during Frieze Art Fair 2009. The band also explored the contemporary art scene centered on the Frieze Art Fair – the galleries, characters and happenings.

See the next instalments of the journey here.

Shooting by Tom Duncan
Photography by Dagmar Vyhnalkova (Dasha)
Edited by Andy Brown
Titles by Deborah Casswell

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These were the ingredients for Art/Roc/Doc, a fly on the wall documentary that followed Glasgow band Isosceles on an adrenaline-fuelled road trip to uncover the London art scene during Frieze Art Fair 2009.

Along the way Isosceles headlined PLUS, 72 hours of non-stop artists, exhibits and music, featuring Douglas Gordon, Matt Collishaw, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Sam Hasler.

Members Tom Ducan and Dasha jumped on board to film ad photograph the event, designer Ruth Parker was set with the task of creating a cardboard caravan and together they created a whirlwind short film which premiered at The Glasgow Film Festival 2010.

“…Things got crazy… The event was packed, incredible exhibits abounded  with work from the likes of Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst on show as well as performance artists in-situ, a fashion show, burlesque and the bands.”

“We had a plethora of interviewees and after our diligent producers snagged bit-name artist Gavin Turk we were more than satisfied with the content…”
/ Tom Duncan

“The film managed to capture not only the beautiful journey between Glasgow and London, but between visual art, music and film. Art/Roc/Doc is testament to the potential of the creative sectors working together.”
Patricial Fleming (curator, Volume/PLUS)

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See the final film here
See Dasha’s pictorial here

And here are some blogs to go with the visuals:

Thoughts from Tom [Shooter]:
Art/Roc/Doc
Art/Roc/Doc Day 2
Art/Roc/Doc Day 3
Art/Roc/Doc Finale

Thoughts from Ruth [Set Designer]:
How  to build a cardboard living room in 24 hrs – Pt 1
Pt 2
Pt 3
Pt 4

Thoughts from Andy [Editor]:
Thoughts from  the art/roc/doc chop shop 1
Art/Roc/Doc: The Countdown Continues

Thoughts from Paul [Exec Producer]
Feedback on call for a Shooter

Thoughts from Patricia [Curator, PLUS]
Art/Roc/Doc

We really enjoyed re-visiting our mentalist PLUS exhibition at the screening in CCA on Sunday. It’s hard to believe it was only last October! Many thanks also to all of the artists, bands Isosceles, The Mutlings, and The Cyclones, the models and the 2000+ visitors who put us firmly on the the London art map during Frieze and Zoo (not an easy task!).

The film managed to capture this energy and not only the beautiful journey between Glasgow and London, but between visual art, music and film.

Art/Roc/Doc is testament to the potential of the creative sectors working together. We are looking forward to seeing the next piece of magic conjured up by Central Station – Paul Welsh is certainly a skilful director, and not just of traffic…

Congratulations everyone.

Patricia Fleming

With the Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) launching TOMORROW (Fri 19th!) at the CCA, we are delighted to have worked with Central Station to present the preview screening of Art/Roc/Doc, shot in London at Frieze 2009 and featuring Glasgow based band Isosceles as they play their way round the country’s best known art fair.

This will be screening alongside the best new work submitted by Central Station members…

Lu Sisi – ‘Digital Analogue’

Craig Wilson – ‘Press That Down/Union of Knives’

Chris Leslie – ‘Paddy’s Market’

Kate Rowles – ‘My Wonderland’

Andy Brown – ‘Storm’

Please join us to celebrate the best of recent work from Central Station members at GSFF at 5pm on Sunday 21st Feb at the CCA, and stick around for a drink or 2 post screening to meet the teams behind the films.

Tickets from www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/shorts

17 days to go until the CCA presses play. Scary.

I have advanced quite a bit since we last spoke and I am now sitting with an almost full timeline begging me to hurry up and finish. In the next week or so, the audio is going away for a mix, we’ve got graphics coming in and might even get some nice folk to do a colour grade too! So this really is the epitome of what Central Station is about, bringing everyone together for one big creative hug! (did i just write that?)

Some interesting footage amongst the ten tapes. From weird art installations (pyramid made out of soil) to people talking about endangered bats, to taking photos in a makeshift bath/shower and asking box office staff out for a dance Art/Roc/Doc is shaping up to be a certified chin scratcher.

Tomorrow I am meeting up with Paul Welsh from DigiCult to fine tune some more sequences… We’re going to work on editing some new bits to music and probably drink lots of tea.I think we have this Sunday pencilled in to tie up the loose ends and lets hope we have an almost-finished-but-lets-export-it-anyway export.

Remember, Sunday 21st February at 17:00hrs inside the CCA.

Have a look at my little portable studio:

The following day, ( three days before the event) after much deliberation and wild fantasies about how to create a space in an environment in which theres is no room to even swing a cat and the sound conditions of a bomb exploding , it is decided that actually our best option is to create a space on the street outside the exhibition space. But how exactly???????????

So I am decided I need a transit van and shit loads of cardboard, and I’ll drive around the street of London for as long as possible scarvaging bits and bobs and making a few wise buys form brick-a-brack stores. By 5 pm on Thursday I have amassed a collection of cardboard, and I now official have 24hrs to make the final set, so I get out my PVA glue and begin the laborious process of making cardboard look like furniture. I while away the early hours and then come the morning it all systems go.

The van gets picked up. Borrows, begs and steals whatever it can on route to The PLUS gallery. Once camped down in position, the van gets decked in its outter shell of cardboard and the interior slowly transforms in to a cosy living room with a cocktail area. It all become blurry at this point, and thanks to lots of willing and helpful hands the van is completed… and its nice to think that Gavin Turk had a little sit down and enjoy.