Urban Archives

Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition)

Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition) forms Chapter 8 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions

Pyramid Schemes

“Pyramid Schemes” is a powerful treatise on architecture in eleven chapters. Narrated by a computer-simulated voice, the video opens with the premise that “architecture is

QE3

QE3 forms Chapter 11 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real places. Conceived as

Sky Line

Sky Line forms Chapter 6 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real places. Conceived

N’importe Quoi (Extérieur – Jour)

The second part of the N’importe Quoi series, the first being N’importe Quoi (for Brunhild), also comprises footage of Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari at her home in

Prelude

“Prelude” is part of a series of very short videos that Medoidze is producing. This series employs both original and archival material, showcasing her distinctive

MEN OF MY DREAMS

A reflection on the artist’s exile, the film unfolds a series of vignettes that toy with the unstable ground between dream and reality. Seeking the

The Invisible Worm

The Invisible Worm is a funny / serious film with spontaneous moments of joy, physicality and thinking aloud. The subtext of the film is the

Here for Life

HERE FOR LIFE (2019, 87mins) A film by Andrea Luka Zimmerman / Adrian Jackson Produced by ARTANGEL World premiere, 72nd Locarno Film Festival 2019, awarded

Wild Relatives

Deep in the earth beneath Arctic permafrost, seeds from all over the world are stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to provide a backup

A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

‘A Magical Substance Flows Into Me’ opens with a crackly voice recording of Dr. Robert Lachmann, an enigmatic Jewish-German ethnomusicologist who emigrated to 1930s Palestine.

A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch’s Last Masquerade)

Alfred Roch, member of the Palestinian National League, is a politician with a bohemian panache. In 1942, at the height of WWII, he throws what

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

La Nuit Américaine

Staff’s film, La Nuit Américaine, takes its title from the French term for the analog film technique of shooting by day, with a complex set

1977

Grunwick’s strike action, Dollis Hill, London 1977. The Battle of Lewisham: Anti-National Front demonstration, New Cross, London 13th August 1977. Music: Horizontal Hold by This

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