Refractive are delighted to welcome filmmakers and digital artists to participate in a Filmmaking Masterclass with Director Luke Fowler as part of Paisley Docs: Rebels and Innovators. The Masterclass will take place at the Refractive Hub in the UWS Witherspoon Building (Paisley) on Saturday 11th October, 1-3pm. This event will be followed by a screening of Luke and co-director Corin Sworn’s film On Weaving at Johnstone Textile Space, 5pm (doors from 4.30pm).

LUKE FOWLER (b. 1978, Glasgow) is a filmmaker, photographer, and digital artist who lives and works in Glasgow. His work questions the style and political implications of conventional modes of documentary through a varied practice which encompasses film, sound, installation and photography. He is concerned with finding new ways to meaningfully engage with marginal cultural figures, spaces and archive materials through the medium of 16mm film. His moving image works have charted an alternative history of Britain as well as considering significant international musicians and artists – revisiting the work of Margaret Tait, R. D. Laing, Patrick Cowley, and Brunhild Ferrari, amongst others.

He was nominated for The Turner Prize in 2012 and received the inaugural Derek Jarman Award in 2008. In 2014, Fowler was one of the recipients of Artists and Archives: Artists’ Moving Image, a unique residency programme based at BBC Scotland. In 2014, MACK published Fowler’s first monograph of his photo archive. Fowler has exhibited and shown his films internationally. His film Mum’s Cards was awarded the 2019 Scottish Short Film Award at Glasgow Short Film Festival and the prize for Best Short at Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarre, Spain. In 2023, Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait was awarded the La Scam International Award at Cinéma du Réel.

Portrait of Luke Fowler taken by Alan Dimmick. 

Venue

Refractive Hub, 3rd Floor, Witherspoon Building, Storie Street, Paisley Renfrewshire, PA12AR

Accessibility: Accessible entrance, lift, accessible toilets. 

Refractive is committed to providing an accessible and enjoyable experience for all! We have partnered with a number of other local community organisations and venues to facilitate an inclusive and relaxed series of events. For more information on accessibility provisions please visit https://refractive.scot/cinema/paisley-docs-rebels-and-innovators/.

For any enquiries, specific accessibility requests or questions about our films and events please contact refractivecollective@gmail.com.

Paisley Docs: Rebels and Innovators is supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery.