Film and Video Umbrella are thrilled to be partnering with Arnolfini throughout Spring and Summer 2026 to present FVU New Takes. Each month FVU New Takes will showcase a newly commissioned work in Arnolfini’s Dark Studio on Level 2.

About the work

Cues examines interrogation as a performed scene, staged through gesture, repetition, set-up, and technical props. Taking the polygraph as its recurring prop, the work traces the script that structures interrogation. The formulaic scenes from police training films and film noir are punctured by a near-human test figure that shadows the characters’ movements, pulling their choreography into view. Across these fragments, interrogation reads like rehearsal. Repeated often enough, its staged action turns into procedure.

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Cues (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.