“How do i no ur not false?”
Jo Thompson
Writer Jo Thompson explores Rachel Maclean's Feed Me within the context of surveillance capitalism, highlighting traces of the fairytale narrative in our online behaviours.
Writing
Our projects are invariably accompanied by specially-commissioned texts, a selection of which are published here.
The Ghosts of Christmas Past
Steven Bode
As Rachel Maclean's Feed Me shows on FVU Watch, Steven Bode reflects on what we can learn from the film at Christmas amidst a pandemic.
States of Being
Emmie McLuskey
Emmie McLuskey unpacks our modern dependence technology, substances and ritual, as well as what it means to belong, in Cal Mac's Agony to Ecstasy.
Reman Sadani
Adnan Madani
Artist and writer Adnan Madani explores the allegorical within Reman Sadani's Walkout 1.
Guy Oliver
Louise Ashcroft
Artist and performer Louise Ashcroft ponders the conflicting voices in her head as she watches Guy Oliver's You Know Nothing of My Work.
Wuhan Punk
Steven Bode
Responding to Chris Zhongtian Yuan's Wuhan Punk, Steven Bode reflects on how the city of Wuhan was previously famous for being the hotbed of China's punk rock scene.
Unreal
Iris Long
Iris Long reflects on the machinations at play in Chris Zhongtian Yuan's Wuhan Punk, exploring the implications of restoring visual memory via the medium of film.
Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation
Rianna Walcott
Rianna Walcott responds to Exodus Crooks' Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation, exploring the collective gaslighting of the Black community in Britain.
FVU Frames: Sophie Cundale
Ellen O'Donohue Oddy
We sat down with Sophie Cundale to discuss the making of The Near Room and how she came upon the film's key concepts: Muhammad Ali's Near Room and Cotard Delusion.
Celebration (Cyprus Street)
Steven Bode
FVU Director Steven Bode reflects on the making of Celebration (Cyprus Street) as well as its relevance for today.
MASS
David Kwaw Mensah
David Kwaw Mensah considers how Nadeem Din-Gabisi's MASS can be categorised in the genre of Transcendental Cinema.
MASS: Artist’s Statement
Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Nadeem Din-Gabisi, writer and director of MASS, articulates the thinking and process behind his film.
Critical Mass
Steven Bode
FVU's Director Steven Bode reflects on our first film to premiere on FVU Watch: Nadeem Din-Gabisi's MASS.