Talk: Steve Pyke and Nichola Bruce Q+A after 'Moonbug' film screening

24 November 2011

Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

A screening of the film MOONBUG followed by Q&A with director Nichola Bruce and photographer Steve Pyke.

A CINECITY talk in association with Photoworks

“What was it actually like to walk on the moon?” asks British photographer Steve Pyke. Winner of the Special Jury Award when it premiered at Houston International Film Festival earlier this year, MOONBUG explores the experiences of the science-fiction dream come true with the astronauts who made the bold step.

When photographer Steve Pyke went to meet and photograph the original team of the Apollo Space expedition, fellow Brit, Nichola Bruce went to film them. With archive footage of the Nasa moon landing and an original score from Matt Johnson (The The), Pyke shares intimate moments with his subjects and their frank accounts of the risk-taking, monumental journey.

An evolution of their collaborative touring exhibition ‘Man on the Moon’, MOONBUG is as much an exploration of memory and perception, and the documentation of time as it is space. The engaging, articulate astronauts offer philosophical insights into the motivations behind their participation and the bigger picture: how we understand and perceive the universe, where we fit in among these ‘signposts of history’, and the vulnerability of our lonely planet.

Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

8.00pm Thursday 24 November 2011

£6 / £5

Tickets available in advance from this website, or on the evening of the event at the Sallis Benney Theatre.

For more information visit the CINECITY website

Los Muertos Reviews and Features

A selection of features and reviews of Steve's 'Los Muertos' series:

aCurator

- Full screen magazine feature here

Hungry Eye Magazine

'Steve Pyke discusses his approach to still life images'

"It felt like a church in there, but with a frozen congregation, I felt a hushed reverence to these figures. Im sure they would have been recognisable if I had been able to see photographs of what they looked like when alive but when these people died photography was only just being invented."

Conscientious Extended

Joerg Colberg talks to Steve about the series

"I had photographed relics and mummified bodies in Spain, Italy and Portugal over the years. There is always something that fascinates me about the human form. In death it is particularly interesting."

©STEVE PYKE

Steve Pyke, An interview with Scope magazine

Steve was interviewed recently for the Summer edition of Scope magazine. The full interview which looks at Steve's career in full can be found by clicking the image below or by subscribing to Scope online.

Steve discusses his approach to still life images on Hungry Eye Magazine

Hungry Eye Magazine's 'Daily Eye' features Steve talking about his approach to still life images in a 2-part special here (Pt 1) and here (Pt 2)


'Los Muertos' ©STEVE PYKE

Steve's still life's can be seen online here

Philosophers book Pre-Order

UPDATE:

The new 'Philosophers' books is available to pre-order in the UK from Amazon here
And in the US from Amazon here

Alternatively you can go direct to the publisher: Oxford University Press, and pre-order from there

The Bridge Sessions with Steve Pyke

Below are two great little videos with Steve talking to photographer Zack Smith. in the first video Steve talks about his passion for music and how it has informed and influenced his photography.

In the second video Zack talks to Steve about his image making process and the 'Philosophers' series. Enjoy!