Anneke Kampman | Labour's Own Sounding Ideal
An ongoing research project investigating the social and artistic functions of the music video form and its modes of production.
Pump House Gallery, 23 January - 31 March 2019
FVU Recommends
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
Picks of the week
Carey Young | Palais de Justice
The first UK exhibition of Carey Young’s Palais de Justice (2017), which follows female lawmakers at the Palais de Justice in Brussels.
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 17 February - 2 June 2019
Beatrice Gibson | Crone Music
Two new films by British artist Beatrice Gibsonan seek out an explicitly feminist lineage through which to recast moving-image practice.
Camden Arts Centre, 18 January – 31 March 2019
Essex Road 5
Eight artists present their short films in response to the eponymous Essex Road. See the resulting works in the gallery window every evening from dusk.
Tintype Gallery, London, 13 December 2018 - 19 January 2019
Rachel Maclean | The Lion and the Unicorn
A timely moment to see Rachel Maclean's 2013 work The Lion and the Unicorn - a darkly comic look at how we shape collective and individual identities.
National Gallery, London, 29 November 2018 - 3 February 2019
John Akomfrah | Mimesis: African Soldier
Akomfrah combines newly-created film and historic footage across three screens, commemorating the millions of African and colonial soldiers, labourers and carriers who served in the First World War.
Imperial War Museum, London, 21 September - 31 March 2019
Heather Phillipson | my name is lettie eggsyrub
A huge, surreal installation comprising video and sculpture magnifies egg-related imagery, exposing its various uses as an animal-based food and as an emblem of reproduction and new life.
Gloucester Road underground station, London, until June 2019