Name/TitleDVD: The Spark Divine
About this objectDVD in plastic case titled 'The Spark Divine: A Celebration of the life and work of Glasgow artist Hannah Frank', a film made by Sarah Thomas to accompany the Hundredth Birthday exhibition of the drawings and sculptures of Hannah Frank, Glasgow University, 23rd August to 11th October 2008. Running time 25 mins 22 secs.
MakerThomas, Sarah
Maker RoleFilm-maker
Date Made2008
Period2000s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, plastic and optical disc
Organic, paper
MeasurementsH: 123 x W: 140 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFilm-making
Subject and Association KeywordsArt & design
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://sarahthomas.net:
Sarah Thomas is a writer and documentary filmmaker with a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies. She is committed to work that explores our entanglements with the living world. Her films have been screened internationally. She has been a regular contributor to Dark Mountain journal, and her writing has also appeared in the Guardian and the anthology Women On Nature edited by Katharine Norbury. In 2020 she was nominated for the Arts Foundation Environmental Writing Award. She was longlisted for the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize and shortlisted for the 2021 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize [continues].
https://hannahfrank.org.uk:
Hannah Frank, born in Glasgow in 1908, studied at Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art. She produced her trademark black and white drawings from the age of 17 in 1925, and between 1927 to 1932 GUM, the Glasgow University Magazine, rarely came out without a drawing by ‘Al Aaraaf‘, her chosen pen name. She had taken this name from the title of a long poem by Edgar Allan Poe about a star. Hannah’s haunting black and white drawings are resonant of the Art Nouveau period and with a hint of Aubrey Beardsley and Jessie King. She took up sculpture in the 1950s, studying with Benno Schotz, and her drawings and sculpture were exhibited in the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Academy, and the Royal Scottish Academy, throughout her artistic career.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCD/DVD
Object numberGWL-2024-27-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved