Themes: Essay

Pedigree

The final resting place of the Romanov family – the last Russian royal family who were executed in the 1917 revolutions, has always been contentious.

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Pervading Animal

In the mid 1980’s an Harvard trained biologist created a computer virus. While researching the reproductive capacities of HIV he had become fascinated by computer

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The Phantom Menace

Welcome to the age of cosmic radiation! In 2021 the Sun fell to its lowest point of activity since the birth of science. Its magnetic

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Colossal Cave

“Somewhere nearby is Colossal Cave. Magic is said to work in the cave. I will be your eyes and hands.” Excavated from the world’s largest

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Sitting in Darkness

Out of the darkness a sound emerges. It echoes and drones. Terrified people take to the streets in search of its source. They get their

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History of the Present

An experimental feminist opera-film about class and conflict, ‘History of the Present’ has been made collaboratively by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon, featuring new compositions

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Disquiet

“Lis Rhodes’ latest essay film Disquiet, made against the backdrop of the pandemic, continues her ongoing project of documenting and drawing attention to the progressive

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Soil, Sinew and Bone

Working with film footage from Screen Archive South East, spanning the 1930s to the 1970s, Blandy charts the protracted revolution from the age of horsepower

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filming ambiguity

GIRL OVERBOARD SEQUENCE 5 ELSEA I began being drawn to what Mr Lang says about children and then I returned again and again to his

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THE BUZZ OF THE PAST

This short film was commissioned by HOME in Manchester for the Derek Jarman season. It played as an introduction for his film THE GARDEN and

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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

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