Ian Helliwell

Synch Pulse experimental film night returns with dates for early 2026, starting with a 'Water' themed programme, and continuing with 'Analogue Synthesizers' in February and 'Cityscapes' in March including a live electro-acoustic performance for a 1970s film of Chicago.

Experimental short films themed around 'Pastimes and Play' will make up the next Synch Pulse programme, screening at The Rose Hill in Brighton on 10th December. Animation, offbeat documentaries, avant-garde shorts, plus old adverts and trailers form the regular monthly line ups.

Group exhibition at the Pie Factory gallery in Margate includes a room of collages, dioramas and two experimental films with electronic music soundtracks playing on special TVs. The overall show title is Burn It Clean, and it'll be open this weekend with final day on Monday.

From the Metro comes this story unquestioningly reporting an act of staggering perversity. The acceptance without counterargument is mind-boggling. Next, they'll be asking why democracy and the rule of law are under threat; the mainstream media and the Metro cannot be to blame.

Synch Pulse No. 17 included a profusion of short films showing remarkable robots and cyborgs. From Unimate and Miss Honeywell, to Arok and Tinker, extraordinary inventiveness was on display, including a terrific range of electronic music soundtracks. youtu.be/tZ8NvCTTC2c

New film Synch Pulse Painting, captures an artwork created especially for the Synch Pulse experimental film night at The Rose Hill in Brighton. From blank canvas to finished painting, the film includes a soundtrack made with tape loops and Hellitrons. youtu.be/Xbp5SUGH4Lo

An old clock houses a new paper cut-out collage which has formed the basis of a one minute film, Doomsday Clock Companion. There's only one nuclear armed country in the Middle East, yet it's not being forced to disarm. youtu.be/ibWHBAA7QwM

The Camera Records is found footage film assembled from short sequences of amateur super 8 shot mostly in the 1970s, integrated with a specially composed electronic music score made using reel to reel tape loops and Hellitron tone generators. youtu.be/3gZ2aBK73to

Archive footage of the Apollo 12 moon mission in November 1969, issued as a super 8 film for domestic use and now with a new electronic music soundtrack made with Hellitron tone generators. youtu.be/Sev26td5PnY

Synch Pulse experimental film night on Weds. 18th December, themed Op Art, Pop Art. Highlights links between films featuring bold abstract patterns, and imagery drawn from mass produced popular culture - music, comics, cinema and advertising. The Rose Hill, Brighton. Free entry.

The next Synch Pulse film programme is themed 'Cosmic Science' and will include short experimental films and documentaries, plus a special electronic music and dance performance. Wednesday 13th November at the Rose Hill, Brighton. cine-city.co.uk/event/synch-pu…

Running final checks for analogue video lightshow tonight at the Rossi Bar in Brighton, using self-built Hellivisual equipment to accompany a live set by the group Toothpaste. Central to the projections will be live video feedback provided by two unique Hellicams.

New short film On the Factory Floor, features 8mm found footage of activity in two factories in the 1960s. The original silent material has been reorganized, and a new electronic music soundtrack composed. An excerpt of the film is here: youtu.be/tl7TrBr4-iQ

New short film Karate Dad and Kid shows the martial arts capabilities of father and son, featuring an experimental soundtrack made with a Chinese pipa instrument. youtu.be/VL8W3V4rqcw

To accompany a recent Synch Pulse experimental film night in Brighton, themed 'Dreams and Surrealism', a special paper cut-out collage was created. After a summer break, Synch Pulse returns on 22nd October with a programme of shorts themed around Light, Colour and Abstraction.

The venerable Langham Research Centre, on their excellent Resonance FM show, opened with Mechanization, a recent electronic piece made with Hellitron tone generators, and intended for a dance performance planned for a Synch Pulse film night in November. mixcloud.com/Resonance/lang…

After a stack of political party leaflets and junk mail arrived in the post in the run up to the general election, it was an opportune time to combine various images and slogans with a few cut-outs from vintage magazines, and assemble into a new collage.

Synch Pulse experimental film night returns with a 'Cars and Motoring' theme and a host of animations, found footage, vintage adverts, documentaries and public information films. Happening at the Rose Hill in Brighton on 17th July, entry is free. therosehill.co.uk/events/synch-p…

Film of the Lunar Rover on the Apollo 15 moon mission in 1971, with an electronic music soundtrack created using self-built Hellitron tone generators. youtu.be/VaKT-2r3nZ8

20 experimental short films with electronic music soundtracks made with Hellitron tone generators, Hellisizer synths and reel to reel tape loops, will be showing Wednesday 5th June in London at The Roebuck, 50 Great Dover Street, SE1.