Jameisha Prescod
I'll Still Be Here When You Return (2026)

We are thrilled to premiere I'll Still Be Here When You Return (2026) by Jameisha Prescod on FVU Watch this month, one of six new moving image works commissioned as part of FVU New Takes.

I’ll Still Be Here When You Return is a moving image work that explores the space between sleeping and wakefulness during a chronic illness flare-up. Inspired by the artist’s personal experience with illness and disability, this film questions the emotional impact of living under systems that place great importance on the ‘productive’ bodies whilst ignoring and even demonising the sick ones. Point cloud animations made from 3D scans of the artist’s bedroom during a post-surgery recovery period dissolve into one another while a deceivingly calm and meditative voice-over drifts between thoughts of pain, memory, isolation and mortality.

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I'll Still Be Here When You Return (2026) will be on view at Arnolfini, Bristol from 28 July — 30 August 2026.

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I'll Still Be Here When You Return (2026) has been commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella as part of FVU New Takes. FVU New Takes is supported by Jerwood Foundation. Exhibition partner: Arnolfini, Bristol. FVU and Arnolfini are supported using public funding by Arts Council England.