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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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Highlights
‘Louis Ghost Chair’ focuses on the Louis XV armchair in this work which continues a line of engaging and disarming moving-image works by Simon Martin that meditate on particular moments and directions in art and design history. Now open at the Holburne Museum in Bath until 15 April 2012.
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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A stand-out work from his recent solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts, ‘Father’s Monocle’ features a sweeping numerical pattern pulled into focus by a rotating lens at random intervals. Lauschmann will be showing this alongside other works at AV Festival from March.
This new publication profiles the video work and photography of artist Ruth Maclennan and is the first major publication of her work. Published to coincide with her project of the same name which recently ended its tour at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
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Suki Chan presents her 2009 FVU commission ‘Sleep Walk Sleep Talk’ as a new installation at the Museum of London to complement their Dickens & London programme.
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Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring and conceived for the site at Canary Wharf, this work calls forth the struggle to turn ‘fugitive sounds’ into speech addressing an audience predominantly in transit.
The four recipients of the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award, Ed Atkins, Emma Hart, Naheed Raza and Corin Sworn, premiere their ‘projects for the future’ in this exhibition at Jerwood Space opening on 14 March.
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‘Before the Revolution’: Torsten Lauschmann at Grand Union, Birmingham
'Before the Revolution' traces a development in Torsten Lauschmann’s recent practice considering his work in the context of expanded cinema. Lauschmann will also be presenting work as part of the AV Festival from 1 March in Newcastle.
Ori Gersht: ‘This Storm Is What We Call Progress’, Imperial War Museum
Gersht's solo exhibition is at IWM until 29 April with a commission to coincide with the Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations. See also his earlier FVU commission 'Pomegranate' and publication, 'The Clearing'.
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The Watch Man - Balnakiel Shona Illingworth
This new publication focuses on two key works by artist Shona Illingworth, 'The Watch Man' and her FVU commission 'Balnakiel'. It features texts by Professor Martin A. Conway, Dr Caterina Albano, Jill Bennett and Steven Bode.
The Clearing Ori Gersht
This elegant, richly illustrated publication profiles an extraordinarily resonant body of work, encompassing three related photo-series, and culminating in Gersht’s haunting film piece, ‘The Forest’. Now reduced to £10 to coincide with his new IWM commission.
