Eric Thorp

JOURNALIST + FILMMAKER

United Kingdom

Portfolio

FILMS/PODCASTS

Vimeo
06/17/2019
MUCK SPREADER

MUCK SPREADER is an intimate video portrait of South London musician and artist Luke Brennan exploring his experiences with grief and creativity.

Eric Thorp + Abi Ford
PETRO 43 3/4

The film is an insight, in to the artistic practice of one of Graffiti’s true innovators whose need to create can often become a comically bizarre place.

SoundCloud
06/24/2020
EPISODE 13: ISABELLA SUMMERS by Art Proof Podcast

This time around we're joined by Isabella Summers aka Isa Machine. Isabella rose to prominence as part of the band Florence And The Machine and has since enjoyed an extremely varied career that has included collaborations with Cy Twombly and Beyoncé. We talk about her artistic beginnings as part of the South London squat-art collective !WOWOW!

SoundCloud
06/09/2020
EPISODE 12: SHEPHERD MANYIKA by Art Proof Podcast

Shepherd Manyika is based in South East London and his work ranges from video to sculpture to performance and everything in-between. He has also worked in arts education for a long time and his projects tend to have a big emphasis on community.

SoundCloud
05/27/2020
EPISODE 11: ADELAIDE DAMOAH by Art Proof Podcast

In this episode were joined by artist Adelaide Damoah. Adelaide is a painter and performance artist from London and is also completely self taught. She has exhibited internationally and her work covers issues regarding race, identity and feminism. We talk to Adelaide about her transition from the pharmaceutical industry into contemporary art and the self analytical nature of her work.

SoundCloud
05/12/2020
EPISODE 10: EMMA COUSIN by Art Proof Podcast

Emma Cousin is a painter based in South East London - via Yorkshire - and has been part of all sorts of excellent exhibitions with all sorts of excellent galleries; as well as having a huge amount of experience working in the commercial gallery world.

SoundCloud
04/28/2020
EPISODE 9: LUCIA FERRARI + DELPHIAN GALLERY by Art Proof Podcast

This time we're joined by Ben Murphy and Nick Thompson of Delphian and Gallery and artist Lucia Ferrari. Delphian is a nomadic gallery, founded in 2017, with a focus on pioneering emerging contemporary art. Their hugely popular open call, which happens annually, has gained them a huge online following and given them the wherewithal to support the winners as well as runners up.

SoundCloud
04/19/2020
EPISODE 8: CHRISOPHER STEAD by Art Proof Podcast

In this lockdown edition we speak to artist Christopher Stead about how lockdown has effected his life and practice and also how it has impacted on his time studying at the Royla College of Art.

SoundCloud
01/28/2020
EPISODE 7: ANNA READING by Art Proof Podcast

We met up with Anna Reading early this year, at her in her studio in Bermondsey, and had a chat about her work and career so far. Anna won the Mark Tanner sculpture prize in 2018 and was part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries the same year.

SoundCloud
10/25/2019
EPISODE 5: RICHIE CULVER by Art Proof Podcast

This time round we're joined by artists Richie Culver. We visited Richie in his studio in West London earlier this year and had a really interesting, fun and at times intimate chat about his life and practice and how he got to where he is today.