SPoKE is an art historical documentary film competition designed to challenge students.
SPoKE is an art historical documentary film competition designed to challenge students to link the visual and the verbal in an imaginative and creative manner, underpinned by solid academic research. Any one piece of work (painting, sculpture, drawing, print, multimedia, conceptual or performance art, building) may be chosen as the subject of a 5–7-minute film.
The competition is aimed at Sixth Form students, and our A Level Photography students all submitted some great entries. In class, we encourage the girls to independently choose and talk about a Photographer or Artist that they feel confident about which also links to their ongoing projects as this then allows their films to be included within the current coursework project.
This year’s turn out for submissions was the largest they have ever had so Lily in Lower Sixth has done particularly well with her submission making the shortlist. Lily’s submission explored the work of photographer Duane Michals and his visual storytelling, staged sets of images.
