Found Footage Archives - Page 4 of 9

Two black people hunched over are grabbing each other by shoulders with arms stretched out.

The names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered

This is a story of the artist’s grandfather, the story of the ‘land’ and the story of an encounter with Nigeria—retold at a single point

Specialised Technique

William Sellers and the Colonial Film Unit developed a framework for colonial cinema, this included slow edits, no camera tricks and minimal camera movement. Hundreds

Her Name in My Mouth

Invoking a lineage of female ancestors through embodiment, gesture and the archive, Her Name in My Mouth reimagines the Aba Women’s War, a major anti-colonial

Sitting on a Man

Traditionally, women in Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria, came together to protest the behaviour of men by sitting on or making war on them by

Hybrid Vigor

Hybrid Vigor brings together appropriated material from historical archives and contemporary society. Music replaces dialogue, lyrics in the songs address ideas present in the video.

Disco Breakdown

Disco Breakdown is a performance video, one in a series of four ‘music video’ works that seek to ‘queery’ the music video format. Found footage

An image of black women in white voluminous dresses with frills and colorful headpieces is projected onto a white wall and a glittery curtain drape.

She Was A Full Body Speaker

This video combines found footage from the artist’s personal archive and that of Liverpool based filmmaker Sandi Hughes (Rewind/Fast Forward). It explores cycles of trauma,

Bball Curriculum

BBall Curriculum is an investigation around the male body in relation to the artist’s own through scenes of homosocial bonding where men dance, play ball

What Weakens The Flesh Is The Flesh Itself

Chicago-based Steve Reinke and Berlin-based James Richards may be artists separated by twenty years of age and the Atlantic Ocean, but they share a fascination

interregnum

In 2008 de-regulated globalised finance capital brought the world to the brink of disaster. Its ideology of market fundamentalism and unconstrained corruption proved to be

Abu Ammar is Coming

A photograph circulates, showing five men staring out of a window. Actually, only four look out; the last man breaks protocol and looks at the

The Mission

A well known 35mm blockbuster trailer is cut up, dismantled, reassembled and re-edited with tape and scissors. Printed by torchlight and developed in a bucket…

The Host

A filmmaker turns forensic detective as she pieces together hundreds of photographs in search of what she believes to be a buried history, only to

The Makes

In 1967, following the success of Blow Up, Michelangelo Antonioni planned to make a film in Japan. The project was cancelled, and Antonioni opted for

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself is a video essay by Thom Anderson about how movies have portrayed the city of Los Angeles. Carefully weaving together footage

Themes: Found Footage