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Author: Gillian Mciver

Hi I'm GILLIAN McIVER. I'm a filmmaker, writer and art historian. I blog at The Art Traveller, where I write about travelling the world and looking at art. I'm interested in how the environment and history of a place affect how we see art. I also make art and films and you can see those on www.artsite.org.uk. My work includes documentary film-making, short films and artists' video, often exploring historical events or places. My interest in art history and film led me, in 2016 to write "Art History for Filmmakers" published by Bloomsbury Press, a book exploring how filmmakers can and do use paintings from the past to inspire and create visual story telling.
February 11, 2024February 11, 2024 Gillian Mciver

Loutherbourg’s Stage Magic

January 29, 2024 Gillian Mciver

Magic Lantern Ride

January 13, 2024January 16, 2024 Gillian Mciver

Art, Imagination & Revelation

November 24, 2023January 30, 2024 Gillian Mciver

Cagliostro!

November 21, 2023 Gillian Mciver

Oneiropraxis

November 20, 2023 Gillian Mciver

Pandaemonium!

November 20, 2023March 28, 2024 Gillian Mciver

Baudelaire’s Correspondences

November 16, 2023November 20, 2023 Gillian Mciver

The Horizon of Khufu

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Gillian Mciver

Profane and Sacred City

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Invocation to the Light

Invocation to the Light

On a cold wet day in February I went to Trinity Buoy Wharf and, at the lighthouse, site of Longplayer, I made an invocation to call upon the light. There’s almost no light in February and it’s extremely difficult, but I know that by this point in time the light will come. At the same…

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

esoteric devotions in museums

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver February 8, 2026
Hidden Spain – Espana Oculta by Cristina Romero

Hidden Spain – Espana Oculta by Cristina Romero

The IVAM presents a wonderful photography exhibition about the strange rights and rituals of rural Spain in the 1970s and 1980s

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

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