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

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) 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.