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Blessed Blessed Oblivion

BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors. Inspired by

Pure Means

Pure Means is two screen video work by P. Staff, shot in a California desert wilderness during the summer of 2021. Through scenes of volatility,

Ain’t Got No Fear

‘Ain’t Got No Fear’ is a film which Mikhail Karikis created with a group of 11 to 13-year-old boys who are growing up in the

Evidence of things unseen but heard

Evidence of things unseen but heard (2018) is an audiovisual collage conducted as an archaeological survey into the music scene of the city of Bristol,

Two Billies

Featuring God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday and Bury a Friend by Billie Eilish 16mm Outtake from A Bunny Girl’s Tale 98 Billie EIlish

Persona

Based on Écran Somnambule, a performance by Latifa Laâbissi (2012) in turn based on the film “Mary Wigman tanzt” (1930), an excerpt of “La Danse

Undercurrent 528

Undercurrent 528 draws on Stephen Dwoskin’s complex relationship with care, desire and everyday rituals as made visible in his vast oeuvre and reorients it from

The Hide

The Hide was shot over a three-year period (2019-2022), both in the remote mountainous region crossing Northern Portugal and Spain, and in Brussels. The work

Meaning in Action

Meaning in Action (2013, 4’10)

Becoming Plant

Becoming Plant (2022) follows six dancers who participate in a therapeutic group experiment with psychedelics, while temporarily ‘living’ together on the demilitarised industrial site. While

Madness Remixed

Contains flashing images. From Beyonce to Miley Cyrus to Diana ross, all have worn Josephine Baker’s now infamous Banana Skirt, performed by Baker in 1927

Here is the Imagination of the Black Radical

Afrofuturism is communicated via the Bahamian people through Junkanoo, a form of carnival in the Bahamas, originally celebrated by the enslaved who were given Christmas

Junkanoo Talk

Who has the right to speak about whom? An understanding from afar of the colourful world of Junkanoo, a carnival- like celebration of the Bahamas.

Folds

Folds is a filmed portrait of dance artist and writer Alexandrina Hemsley that explores themes of intimacy, agency and temporality. Shot inside the controlled environment

Beyond The Substrata

Throughout 2019 artist Larry Achiampong developed new work in response to his residency with Waltham Forest Council. Working within an abandoned supermarket in Leyton, the

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