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EVERYTHING FLOWS

susan pui san lok, Untitled (Everything Flows), 2011 (R&D still) Roderick Buchanan Cornford & Cross Dryden Goodwin susan pui san lok   De La Warr Pavilion 1 July to 16 September 2012 Everything Flows is a project conceived and curated by Film and Video Umbrella. The title and overall theme refer to the heightened state … Continue reading

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ACTS OF TRANSLATION

“This special issue of the Journal of Visual Culture is a remarkable and much needed addition to the critical analysis and development of translation as a metaphor for creative acts and products. […] I can wholeheartedly recommend ‘Acts of Translation’ to anybody interested in the critical engagement with cultures, whether historical or contemporary, visual or … Continue reading

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CONTESTING ‘BRITISH CHINESE’ CULTURE

Forms, Histories, Identities Dept of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading, UK 24th – 25th September 2011 Image: Gayle Chong Kwan, from the photographic series, Senscape Scotland (2009) The aim of this conference is to examine diverse contestations and constructions of ‘British Chinese’ culture/’Chinese culture in Britain’ by facilitating dialogue among academics and practitioners … Continue reading

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OLD NEWS (A-E)

… in a new newspaper. ANIMALS – CATS  TODAY 17.7.79 SIAMESE KITTEN declared an illegal immigrant when after being put in the wrong aircraft at Toronto, she arrived at Birmingham Airport. BIRMINGHAM – HANDSWORTH  TODAY 13.7.81 RIOTS. CONT. g/v’s broken shop windows and interiors of looted shops. g/v’s policing in Handsworth streets. Interview with black … Continue reading

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PAPERWEIGHT

Ghosts The second issue of Paperweight is out! Ghosts attempts to grapple with the elusive ghosts of visual and material culture. With a distinctly archival flavour, our contributors have attempted to deal with that which isn’t quite there; or that which once was and has now evaporated; or that which we thought never existed but … Continue reading

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FRATERNISE – THE SALON

2 April – 29 May 2011 Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY Preview: Friday 1 April, from 6pm Franko B, David Birkin, Ansuman Biswas, John Burgess, Matthew Burrows, Tony Carter, Tamsyn Challenger, Jules Clarke, Ben Cockett, Susan Collis, Michael Corkrey, Keith Coventry, A. David Crawforth, Mikey Cuddihy, Shane Cullen, Michael … Continue reading

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ROTOR

New work by Siobhan Davies Dance and commissions by nine other artists Siobhan Davies Andrea Buckley Lindsey Butcher Annie Pui Ling Lok Charlie Morrissey Commissioned Artists: Massimo Bartolini Sam Collins E V Crowe Angela de la Cruz Matteo Fargion Alexandra Hughes Alice Oswald Clare Twomey Ben Tyers Continue reading

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MAKING THE CUT

susan pui san lok in conversation with Chris Darke Tues 26 Oct / 8pm / Stratford Picturehouse Last event in a series of talks presented by Film and Video Umbrella, in which artists known for innovations with the moving image showcase new and recent work and discuss their practice. ‘Making the Cut‘ is part of … Continue reading

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MAKING THE CUT

Artists’ Talks Film and Video Umbrella presents a series of talks in which artists, known for their innovations with the moving images, showcase new work and discuss their practice. These presentations focus on artists who have made their mark over the last few years, while speculating also on the future of this kind of experimental … Continue reading