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Film and Video Umbrella commissions, curates and produces film, video and other moving-image works by artists which are presented in collaboration with galleries and other cultural partners across the UK.
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Luke Fowler nominated for the 2012 Turner Prize! His project with us is currently in production. Read More.
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Highlights
‘The City in the City’ is a special programme of artists’ films and videos presented by FVU as the first partner in the new Art on the Underground project on Canary Wharf Screen. The programme features five artists’ works and is currently showing ‘Hold Your Ground’ by Karen Mirza & Brad Butler
Featured project
The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott
Luke Fowler, 2012
Fowler’s new film tracing E. P. Thompson’s influence on the post-war cultural scene launches at The Hepworth, Wakefield on 23 June.
This new publication revolves around two key works by Shona Illingworth, ‘The Watch Man’ and ‘Balnakiel’. The book investigates themes of memory, history and place, and features texts by Professor Martin A. Conway, Dr Caterina Albano, Jill Bennett and Steven Bode.
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FVU Recommends
Duncan Campbell: Solo exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
This comprehensive exhibition features screen prints created specifically for the walls of the museum's Forum Gallery, as well as three of Campbell's films including 'Make it New John' as commissioned by FVU in 2009. This exhibition will run from April 28 until July 8.
Emma Hart: ‘TO DO’ OUTPOST Gallery 2 - 26 May
Emma Hart's 'To Do' is a sculptural video installation exploring the potential for the camera to instigate an event as well as record. 'TO DO' launched at Matt's Gallery earlier this year and is currently on at OUTPOST, Norwich until 26 May.
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Anarcadia Ruth Maclennan
Published to coincide with the 'Anarcadia' film project in 2011, this is the first major publication on Ruth Maclennan’s work. The book profiles the artist’s videos and photographs, shot in Kazakhstan, which chart a territory somewhere between fiction and documentary.
Going Nowhere Simon Faithfull
This publication highlights a number of Simon Faithfull’s journeys, emphasising the pivotal place of film and video within Faithfull’s practice. ‘Going Nowhere’ is an indispensable point of entry into this artist’s distinctive and inventive work.
