Our pick of current exhibitions, throughout the UK and beyond, that we're not involved in but would highly recommend. Follow our recommendations on Twitter using #FVUrecommends
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
The eleventh edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival presents 171 works of experimental film, artists’ moving image and animation across live screenings and on-demand programmes. All for free.
Online 29 April – 3 May 2021
Babeworld and whinegums, Don't Worry I'm Sick and Poor
Born from the lack of diversity in art education and disappointment in art curriculums, Don’t Worry I’m Sick and Poor is a lecture series created by artists and facilitators Ellie Harman-Taylor (whinegums), Ashleigh Williams and Georgina Tyson (Babeworld) as an essential alternative within art education.
ICA London (Online), 20 April, 7pm
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IWOW: I Walk on Water, Khalik Allah
The new diary film from New York-based director and photographer Khalik Allah returns to 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, the same intersection at which Allah has based much of his work in recent years.
In virtual cinemas and on demand from 26 February 2021
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D/deaf Artists’ Film Commissions
At LUX, a new series of film commissions reflects on the possibilities of a Deaf artists’ cinema.
Image: Nina Thomas, Silence, 2020, film still. Courtesy: the artist and LUX, London
LUX
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Mattflix
MattFlix is a monthly series of online projects which began at mattsgallery.org in April 2020. Image: Sally O'Reilly.
Matt's Gallery
Tina Campt: The Slow Lives of Still Moving Images
Tina Campt expands on her coined term of 'Black visual frequency', which was the starting point for Nadeem Din-Gabisi's MASS, in this talk 'The Slow Lives of Still Moving Images'.
Nottingham Contemporary, via YouTube
Reflections from Home No.5: Sohrab Hura, Delhi, Indi
Kettle’s Yard has been asking artists to offer their reflections from home, through images, text and film. The latest artist to respond is Sohrab Hura, who shares photographs from his rooftop in Delhi, India.
Kettle's Yard
Hu Wei: Butter Lamps
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various backgrounds.
Dryden Goodwin: Alongside
Alongside is a closely observed portrait of a care worker as he builds supportive relationships with three vulnerable clients with severe physical disabilities or autism.
Work Projects
Paul Rooney: Still at Large (The Creeping Things Cut)
A disturbing male figure is on the run from an unspoken crime; yet he is, in turn, on the hunt for something or someone.
Berwick Visual Arts