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Something and Nothing

A filmmaker travels to Japan to show a film and during the trip, a correspondence with a Scottish man about a murder and a chance

Beyond The Substrata

Throughout 2019 artist Larry Achiampong developed new work in response to his residency with Waltham Forest Council. Working within an abandoned supermarket in Leyton, the

On a glowing led lightbox is a ceramic tray with erratic edges filled with blue liquid. A finger wearing a silver ring touches the power button on the lightbox

ZZZ

‘ZZZ’ is described by the artist as a ‘nocturnal work’. Within the video we hear a tired voice-over reading across her incomplete notes during the

Circumstantial Pleasures

Klahr, whom critic J. Hoberman called “the reigning proponent of cut and paste” for his acclaimed collage animations, is best known for his seductive and

Sunday’s Best

Sunday’s Best is a film and installation comprised of vivid audio and images of praise and worship sessions in a Ghanaian community church, married with

Relic 3

The fourth film in what is currently a quadrilogy, ‘Relic 3’ forms part of Relic Traveller: Phase 2, a multi-disciplinary project by Larry Achiampong, which

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

Ph03nix Rising: The 3rd Son

‘Ph03nix Rising: The Third Son’ is a short film and coming of age story. A textured synthesis of sci-fi, biblical and noir. Here late 20th

Weed Killer

Inspired by artist-writer Catherine Lord’s memoir The Summer of Her Baldness (2004), a moving and irreverent account of the author’s experience of cancer. At the

Bathing

Bathing explores themes of contamination, cleanliness, and debility through performance and dance. Between the performer’s movements, the video intersperses images of oil, spit, fluid landscapes,

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

Depollute

In a rapid-fire 2 minutes, Depollute presents a set of instructions, commands, a poetic edict dictating a set of actions required to perform a self

On Venus

Staff’s On Venus is comprised of two parts. The first of scratched, warped, and overlapping footage documenting the industrial farming of hormonal, reproductive, and carnal

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

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