Themes: Histories

Hail Medea

“Who was Medea before she had children?” Inspired by the artist’s visit to historical cave pharmacy in Southern Georgia, and Roland Barthes’ idea of language

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Syncopated Green

Syncopated Green calls on the history of outdoor free parties to re-describe the English Countryside. The film listens to rave music, past and present, to

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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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Home Invasion

A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labour struggles, the nascent years of

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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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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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Mindwandering in a Van

A van travels around London. Participants are asked to listen to music and then recall what they were thinking about. Mindwandering is an exstablished field

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Sounds from Beneath

Sounds from Beneath began with the artist Mikhail Karikis inviting a coal miners’ choir to recall and sing the sounds they used to hear when they worked

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Of Girls

Filmed in Tokyo and Yokohama, of girls brings a variety of contemporary voices in resonance with two distinct female voices from Japan’s literary and political

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Ungentle

Ungentle is a film based on a script by Huw Lemmey and co–directed with Onyeka Igwe, exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male

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Genevieve

A portrait of monuments and people living in Geneva, Switzerland. Through short encounters and interviews with local residents and artists they discuss the public representation

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