The 1970s Project

Patti Gaal-Holmes is currently on an AHRC studentship researching 1970s British avant-garde film as part of the '1970s British Cinema' project.

She comes from a Fine Art background, producing and researching, amongst other things, experimental films for both her degrees. Her interests in what determine a sense of place and nationality are informed by her own cross-cultural background and are implemented taking an inter-disciplinary approach with film, photography, performance, artists' books and drawing. She considered both degree dissertations within the light of post-colonial theory in relation to the work of Berni Searle (BA) and William Kentridge (MA).

Patti's research on the project is involved in mapping the field of 1970's British avant-garde film across the decade and contextualising this within the social, historical and theoretical context.