Jem Finer

Movies

The Buzz of the Past
Music
An introduction to Jarman's 'The Garden'.
Ghost Strata
Sound Recordist
Filmed in various places over the globe, Ghost Strata explores the differing scales of impact that humanity’s presence has on the earth in the past, present and into the future. Found sound and text create a meditation on time, memory, leftovers and extinction.
Things Are Not as They Appear
Music
The work might be seen as a mash-up of the films “It's All In The Mind”, “All At Sea”, “Combat - Black Apples” and “Bouyed By The Irrelevance Of Their Own Insignificance”. Drawings and paintings by Eden Kötting and animations by Glenn Whiting. The sound includes elements by Jem Finer and Buster Grey-Jung.
Swandown
Music
Director Andrew Kötting and writer Iain Sinclair sail a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings to Hackney in London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.
Swandown
Himself
Director Andrew Kötting and writer Iain Sinclair sail a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings to Hackney in London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.
Artefact #5: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney
Music
Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.
Artefact #4: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney
Music
Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.
Artefact #3: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney
Music
Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.
Artefact #2: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney
Music
Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.
Artefact #1: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney
Music
Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.
The Pogues: Poguevision
Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on traditional Irish songs like 'Dirty Old Town' to the Shane MacGowan penned originals which offered romanticised visions of life viewed through the bottom of a bottle.
The Story of Fairytale of New York
Self
A look at the creation of The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York".
Straight to Hell
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.