Anton Hecht

Anton Hecht is an English artist born in London. In 2007 he asked musicians from around the Durham area to contribute to a soundtrack for a film. [cite news |title= Hitting 'de-note'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/articles/2007/06/25/brass_denote_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC Wear |date=2006-06-26 |accessdate=2008-05-03 ] In 2005 he was one of seven artists involved in a project to recreate the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven in Lego. [cite news |title=Town is to be recreated in Lego |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4173322.stm | |publisher=BBC News |date=2005-08-22 |accessdate=2008-05-03 ]

His film "Blinking Ballet", made with old people using morphing technology, has been screened at the Gateshead Interchange metro station. [ [http://www.nexus.org.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Nexus/Nexus/News/News+archive/2007/Nexus+news+-+Metro+station+gives+passengers+a+film+show. nexus.org] , accessed September 14, 2007.] A poetry film, made with children from Shotton Colliery, was shown at the Royal Festival Hall's Poetry International 2000 festival. [ [http://www.turning-the-tide.org.uk/news/read.asp?ID=62 turning-the-tide.org.uk] , accessed September 14, 2007.] An early poetry film called "I Am Romeo" (1996) featured in a British Film Institute touring poetry show reel. [ [http://www.lux.org.uk/featured/filmpoems.htm lux.org.uk] , accessed September 14, 2007.] He has exhibited a multimedia film at the Myles Meehan Gallery in the Darlington Arts Centre [ [http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2006/6/26/229866.html "The Northern Echo", June 26, 2006] ] and has delivered workshops as part of Architecture Week. [ [http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/feature.asp?FeatureID=38 architectureweek.org.uk] , accessed September 14, 2007.] He is currently making a work where many people play individual notes. [ [http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/09/29/would-be-musicians-are-invited-to-perform-61634-19867922/ jounalallive.co.uk] ] A recent narrative film "Motivation", for the UK Film Council, is part of the British Council national touring scheme. [ [http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=C35D156713b4222CB9tYuU66C86E britfilms.com] ] He has also written and directed a number of theatre works that incooperate video with live performance, such as Rescued by Rover at Winsford Art Gallery [ [http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/liveart/liveartdetails.do?recno=904&string=P Live Art Archive - Rescued by Rover - Anton Hecht - Vale Road Community Arts Centre, - 1994 ] ] and Having My Pretty at Hull Screen [ [http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/liveart/keywordsearch.do?keyword=video Live Art Archive - An AHDS Performing Art & Collection ] ] and his theatre work "Wrestling Shakespeare," where Hamlet goes World Federation. [http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/caffairs/203feb4.htm]

Perhaps now his most successful film work is "The Trolley Dance," made with old people in Darlington. It was featured video on Youtube, has been shown in numerous festivals around Europe and received wide media attention, both TV, Radio and national press. [cite news |first=David |last=Roberts |title=Trolley Dance attracts thousands of visitors |url=http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.2092920.0.trolley_dance_attracts_thousands_of_visitors.php |publisher=The Northern Echo |date=2008-03-04 |accessdate=2008-05-03 ] Another work, using members of the local community with no playing experience to create a visual musical piece was called One Note Band, sometimes called The Spirits i have Called, and Variations this also was a featured video on Youtube and received a lot of web support as well as being shown in European festivals. [ [http://www.artvideoscreening.se/screening08.htm Art Video Screening - Screening 2008 ] ] A new work has been commisioned for the angle of the north celebrations, and is to be projected besides the landmark piece of sculpture, the work is a poetry film where peole pose as the letters in and about the streets of gateshead.. [http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/attractions/Angel/multimedia/movies/Anton%20Hech.aspx]

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