Mark Webber

• Main Roles: Independent curator, programmer, writer, editor & publisher focused on avant-garde / experimental film & video. markwebber.org.uk+2markwebber.org.uk+2

Key Activities / Career

• He has organised screenings and events at major institutions: Tate Modern, BFI Southbank, ICA, Barbican, Whitney Museum (NY), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Kunsthalle Basel, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1

• From 2000 to 2012 he was a programmer for the BFI London Film Festival. markwebber.org.uk+1

• He has also held academic / research roles: Senior Research Fellow at University of the Arts London (2006-10) markwebber.org.uk

• In 2014 he founded The Visible Press, which publishes books on artists’ film, writings by filmmakers, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1

Major Projects & Interests

• He has curated retrospectives, tours, and exhibitions on filmmakers in the avant-garde, including Peter Gidal, Gregory Markopoulos, Owen Land (aka George Landow), Valie Export, Tony Conrad, etc. markwebber.org.uk+1

• Some of his edited volumes / books: Film as Film: The Collected Writings of Gregory J. Markopoulos; Shoot Shoot Shoot: The First Decade of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative (1966-1976); Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema; The Afterimage Reader; Flare Out: Aesthetics 1966-2016. markwebber.org.uk+1

Also: Mark Webber in Music

• The same Mark Webber is also a member of the band Pulp. markwebber.org.uk+2Wikipedia+2

• He joined Pulp in 1995; prior to that he was involved with the fan-club and tours. He plays guitar, and contributes to albums since Different Class. Wikipedia+1

Areas of Focus & Style

• Webber’s work is concerned with artists’ moving image, experimental film & video, historical avant-garde movements, expanded cinema. markwebber.org.uk+1

• His writing is published in places like Frieze, The Wire, Tank, The Guardian, etc. He is interested in the 1960s-70s avant-garde, especially in its structural, expanded, underground forms. markwebber.org.uk+1