Vivienne Dick came to New York form Ireland in the 1970s and became part of the 'No Wave' film/music scene. Lindsay Bane examines Dick's career and her importance to alternative cinema.

Like an archeologist excavating time with her camera, Vivienne Dick has remapped artistic boundaries while unearthing uniquely feminine dreamscapes in film and video throughout Ireland, New York and London since 1977. Today, she is recognized as a pioneering filmmaker and progenitor of some of today's popular cinema.

During her seven years in New York, Dick made six short super-8 films alongside other inspiring super-8 filmmakers. She specifically credits the filmmaking talent of Charlie Ahern, Scott B., Beth B., Robert Cooney, Tina L'Hotsky, Eric Mitchell, James Nares and Amos Poe. Together, their films bridged the avant-garde with narrative, and are acknowledged as a seminal influence on modern American independent filmmaking.

'Vivienne's films had a huge impact on the people coming out of that period,' said contemporary Scott B. in an interview. 'She didn't make that much, but what she did make people were always talking about. She made this ethereal world that had a lot of power, and when she left New York she left a hole. Of all the women filmmakers in that community, she was the strongest.'

The full article is printed in Film Ireland 110.