Andy Howlett’s Website


Hello.

I’m Andy Howlett, an artist, filmmaker and amateur skateboarder based in Birmingham, UK. I’m interested in collective walking, architecture, time travel, urban exploration, guerrilla heritage, community cinema, public space and The Right to The City.

Contact:

andyhowlett@hotmail.com

Picture © Liberty Rowley

Projects

  • Paradise Lost, History in the Unmaking – A feature length essay-film investigating the untimely demise of John Madin’s brutalist Central Library. Official selection: Flatpack Festival 2021, Resonate Festival 2021, Architecture + Design Film Festival, Winnipeg 2022.
  • Walkspace – A Birmingham-based walking collective I co-founded in 2020 with walking artists Pete Ashton and Fiona Cullinan. From gentle strolls to hardcore psychogeography, group walks to solo explorations, Walkspace covers the interesting, weird edges of the humble perambulation. My Walkspace posts.
  • The Magic Cinema – A DIY short-film night where anyone can come and share a film they’ve made. The Magic Cinema also provides a testing ground for more experimental material that brings live/performance elements into the cinematic setting. Ran from 2013 – 2016 at Ort Cafe and 2019 – present at Artefact.
  • Video Strolls – A Community of artists and filmmakers who make work concerned with place, people and journeying. We host regular public screenings and have worked with festivals such as Flatpack Film Festival and Alchemy.
  • Dream 53 – A psychogeographical live art project invoking the spirit of a lost Birmingham Surrealist film. Developed as part of the first Homegrown artist development programme in 2016 and hopefully to be resurrected at some point.