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(Reprise) Sunday’s Best

‘(Reprise) Sunday’s Best’ considers how belief systems within the diaspora are inflected by colonial histories. As part of his current research Larry Achiampong is interested

Relic 1

‘Relic 1’ forms part of Larry Achiampong’s Relic Traveller: Phase 1, a multi-disciplinary project manifesting in performance, audio, moving image and prose. Taking place across

Colour photograph of a landscape showing a clear blue sky, grass and clusters of rocks in the distance. There is an arm visible in the frame from the left side of the image. Dr. Ibrahim Mekharzeh, who is dressed in a blue sleeved jacket, is gesticulating and pointing at significant archaeological sites in the distance (southern West Bank).

Jerusalem Pink

Jerusalem Pink (2015) explores the role of stone in Palestine in relation to an architectural survey of the Dome of the Rock (an Islamic shrine

The Drift

The Drift traces the shifting economies of objects in contemporary Lebanon. The film follows three main characters: the gatekeeper of the Roman temples of Niha

INFINITY Minus Infinity

INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the Martinican philosopher and poet

The Foundation

The Foundation combines footage shot around the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles alongside choreographed sequences in a specially-constructed set. Together they form a

Two Stones

Two Stones explores the trajectories and ideals of the Bauhaus-trained, German architect Lotte Stam-Beese and the Caribbean activist and writer Hermina Huiswoud through dialogues and

Grain

‘Grain’ (2016) is a portrait of Anna Halprin’s Mountain Home Studio built by her husband and environmental architect Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009). A voiceover from Daria

Meta Incognita: Missive II

Meta Incognita: Missive II is the second in a triptych of films that utilise different histories along and within the River Thames: from Milbank Prison,

They Parlaient Idéale

They Parlaient Idéale reflects on what it means to be a citizen of a nation, especially when one’s identity is rather ambiguous. A cross-generational and

Dear Babylon

The future of social housing is threatened by the AC30 Housing Bill. Set in London’s East End, a trio of art students are eager to

Street 66

Chronicling the life of Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and her influence on the regeneration of Angell Town Estate in Brixton, South London.

FOSSIL

FOSSIL is a 16mm film shot over three years in the studios of the Royal Academy Schools London. The film explores the Royal Academy’s extraordinary

Solidarity

Blacklisting in the UK construction industry impacted thousands of workers who were labelled ‘troublemakers’ for speaking out and secretively denied employment. Activists uncovered alarming links

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is a moving image science fiction, which explores man’s place in time and space, through the science of radio astronomy.Filmed at

Themes: Architecture