Opportunity for ages 13-18: The Wonder Club monthly workshops for young people

Photo: Zoe Montgomery from The Wonder Club – reworking 16mm film

The Wonder Club is a creative programme for young people interested in experimental filmmaking and visual arts starting. 

Explore early filmmaking and try out experimental moving image processes with artist Chahine Fellahi. Fuse analogue and digital and rekindle the spirit of discovery, enchantment and innovation that marked the early days of filmmaking.

Develop new arts skills, learn more about Hove Museum’s film and media collection and discover the innovations of the Hove film pioneers.

This is an exciting opportunity to experiment with techniques that led to contemporary filmmaking and contribute to exhibitions and events that will be taking place for the wider programme called Days of Wonder

  • Discover the innovations of the Hove film pioneers
  • Experiment with techniques that led to contemporary filmmaking
  • Develop new arts skills and contribute to Days of Wonder exhibitions and events

Dates and venues

Each session will run from 11am – 4pm at Hove Museum of Creativity, New Church Road, Hove

Saturday, 13 April
Saturday, 4 May
Saturday, 8 June
Saturday, 13 July
Saturday, 10 August
Saturday, 14 September

Book your place

Register and book your place by clicking here.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Corridor-logo-white.png
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is brighton-logo-1024x470_white.png
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is lottery_Logo_White-RGB-e1634730389148.png
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is English_made_possible_logo_white_PNG.png

Both Sides Now 9 – UK & Hong Kong screenings

Still from Zizi & Me – Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) by Jake Elwes.

Both Sides Now 9: Generations is a curated programme of international film & video examining the creative and cultural implications of AI on a global scale.

Humanity stands at the brink of a new era of automation, poised for a profound transformation. The latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionising our way of life. Both Sides Now 9 delves into the subject using video artwork from Hong Kong, the UK and internationally, delving into the intricate interplay between generative technology and creativity.

Artists in Both Sides Now 9 including: Chan Ka Chi 陳家智, Doreen Chan 陳泳因, Lau Wei 劉衛, Jake Elwes, Paul Trillo, Axl Le and Jonas Lund.

Curated by videoclub and Videotage, with support from Arts Council England and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

FILM PROGRAMME

Jake Elwes, Zizi & Me – Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better), 2020, 4:55 mins
Jake Elwes, Making of the Zizi Show, 2021, 6:19 mins
Paul Trillo, Jacques – ‘Absolve’, 2023, 4:43 mins
Axl Le 乐毅, The Journey, 2020, 3:49 mins
Axl Le 乐毅, The Patient, 2021, 1:38 mins
Axl Le 乐毅, A hundred Varieties of Life, 2021-22, 2:40 mins
Jonas Lund, The Future of Something, 2023, 13:41 mins
Chan Ka Chi 陳家智, Reconstructed, 2022, 3:59 mins
Doreen Chan 陳泳因 HalfDream, 2021, 5:38 mins
Lau Wai 劉衛, The Dome, 2023, 1:50 mins

SCREENINGS

VIDEOTAGE, HONG KONG as part of Art Basel Hong Kong
Date and time:
20 March, 12pm
Address: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong
Tickets: Free to attend
Access: Films are subtitled. Videotage is an accessible space for wheelchair users.

ESEA CONTEMPORARY, MANCHESTER
Date and time:
25 April, 6:30pm
Address: 13 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1EU
Tickets: £5 / CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKET
Access: Films are subtitled. esea contemporary is an accessible space for wheelchair users.

FABRICA GALLERY, BRIGHTON
Date and time: 30 April, 6pm doors and bar, 6:30pm screening
Address: 40 Duke St, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1AG
Tickets: £3.50 / CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKET
Access: Films are subtitled. Fabrica is an accessible space for wheelchair users.

THE HORSE HOSPITAL, LONDON
Date and time:
Thursday, 9 May, 7pm doors and bar, 7:30pm film screening
Address: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD
Tickets: £3.50 / CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKET
Access: Films are subtitled. The Horse Hospital is an accessible space for wheelchair users.
Travel: Nearest underground: Russell Square (Piccadilly line) / Bus: 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188


關於彼岸觀自在 About Both Sides Now

Both Sides Now is a tactical programme partnership between Videotage (HK) and videoclub (UK). Which uses contemporary and historical film and video work to explore developments within the culture and society of Hong Kong, China, the UK, and beyond.

Selected 14 UK screening tour

Selected 14 brings a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent to your screens this Spring.

Selected 13 screening at Fabrica, Brighton (2023).

Selected 14 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists. The artists are nominated by the artists shortlisted for the 2023 Film London Jarman Award: Ayo Akingbade, Andrew Black, Julianknxx, Sophie Koko Gate, Karen Russo, and Rehana Zaman.

The programme includes work by artists Rohan Ayinde, Darryl Daley, Syd Farrington, Kneed – Ishwari Bhalerao and Leonie Rousham, Peter Millard, Morisha Moodley, Harmeet Rahal, Jame St Findlay and Divine Southgate-Smith.

Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network. Supported by Arts Council England and Film London.

PROGRAMME

Rohan Ayinde, Bury the Evidence, 2:17, 2022
Darryl Daley, Youlogy / No Ghost, 9:37, 2023
Syd Farrington, Descent, 6:00, 2023
Kneed – Ishwari Bhalerao and Leonie Rousham, Limits of Looping, 03:42, 2021
Peter Millard, Please Let Me in, 2:09, 2022
Morisha Moodley, you are a thing which even angels desire to look into, 4:06, 2024
Harmeet Rahal, The Time Traveller, Faiz, 4:24, 2023
Jame St Findlay, Watching Over Me, 5:41, 2020
Divine Southgate-Smith, Wakanda Forever, 10:30, 2021

SCREENINGS

Fabrica, Brighton

Date and time: Wednesday, 17 April 2024 at 6:30pm doors and bar, 7pm screening
Price: £3.50
Address and info: Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG / www.fabrica.org.uk / 01273 778646
Tickets: BOOK TICKETS BY CLICKING HERE

Nottingham Contemporary

Date and time: Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 6:30pm
Price: FREE
Address: Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB / www.nottinghamcontemporary.org / 0115 948 9750
Tickets: Free entry

CCA Glasgow

Date and time: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 7pm
Price: Free
Address and info: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD / www.cca-glasgow.com / 0141 352 4900
Tickets: Free entry – no need to book

Royal College of Art, London

Date and time: Tuesday, 7 May 2024 at 6pm screening
Price: FREE
Address: Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Dyson Building, Riverside, 1 Hester Rd, London SW11 4AN
Tickets: FREE

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

Date and time: Thursday, 9 May 2024 at 6pm
Price: FREE
Address and info: John Hansard Gallery, 142-144 Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DU / https://jhg.art / 023 8059 2158
Tickets: FREE

Full details with ticket links to follow. Join our mailing list to get alerted of dates and ticket info release.

Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network. Supported by Arts Council England and Film London.

videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform showing artists’ work across the UK and internationally. We support artists through curated programmes, engaging the public through screenings, exhibitions, talks, residencies, and commissions. www.videoclub.org.uk

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports London-based artists working in moving image, working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive programme including production award schemes, regular screenings, talks and events, as well as the prestigious annual Film London Jarman Award. www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin

Days of Wonder screening & talk: The Wonderworld of the 19th Century

Image: Muybridge & Spirit Photograph, Brighton & Hove Museums

DAYS OF WONDER EVENTS IN HANGLETON & KNOLL

Days of Wonder is a new heritage project dedicated to exploring the film & media heritage of Brighton & Hove. As part of it, three special screenings wil take place in Hangleton of archive films exploring experimentation and technique, with talks by Dr Frank Gray, former Director of Screen Archive South East.

Screenings will take place at Oasis Christian Fellowship Hall in Hangleton on 21 February, 5 June and 2 October 2024. Delivered in partnership with Hangleton & Knoll Project’s 50+ Film Club.

Screening information, February 2024

Date and time: 1:30-3:30pm, 21 February 2024
Venue: Small Hall, Oasis Christian Fellowship Hall, Hangleton Way, Hangleton BN3 8EQ – click here to a see a map.
Price and tickets: Free, no need to book. Places are aimed at people aged 50+ in Hangleton & Knoll.

Days of Wonder screening & talk: The Wonderworld of the 19th Century

The 19th Century was an era of wonder and spectacle. It saw the invention of three technological marvels – photography, the magic lantern and film – and the arrival of a magical world that featured phantasmagorias, dissolving views, thaumatropes, panoramas, phenakistiscopes, daguerreotypes, carte-de-visites, stereographs, spirit photography, chronophotography, phonographs and animated photographs.

These new and very modern technologies were used to explore the nature of vision, movement and time and they enabled the creation of immersive multi-media entertainments. An important centre of this new culture was Brighton & Hove. It had photographic studios along the seafront, theatres and music halls dedicated to popular spectacle and it attracted millions of visitors each year. This talk introduces this fascinating history of wonder.

DAYS OF WONDER

Screenings are part of Days of Wonder a three-year project produced by Corridorand videoclub in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England and Screen Archive South East.

Wonder Lab long-weekend of free art experiments at Hove Museum, 10-12 February

Images from archive films on a light box with coloured gels
Image credit: Zoe Montgomery

Come join artists experimenting with Brighton & Hove’s film and media collections

Four visual artists are making artworks inspired by Brighton & Hove’s cinematic past. Here’s your chance to experiment with them ahead of the work being exhibited at Hove Museum of Creativity in May.

Visitors can meet the artists and collaborate in activities designed to engage audiences with extraordinary archives, celebrating our filmmaking heritage and discover gems from pioneers based in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham at the birth of the film industry.

Venue: Hove Museum of Creativity, 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB
Time/dates: 10am – 4pm between 10 and 12 February 2024
Free to enter and take part. No need to book.

The commissioned artists, Sapphire Goss, Annis Joslin, Bella Okuya and Connor Turansky will be working with materials from luminaries such as George Albert Smith and James Williamson, who lived and worked in Hove and started making films in the 1890s. They both made great advances in filmmaking, including editing techniques, the close-up, use of locations and sets, and developing film narratives.

We hope the imaginations of our Wonder Lab visitors will be sparked by the spirit of innovation embodied in the collection and we can’t wait to see the resulting creations!

Wonder Lab is part of Days of Wonder a three-year project produced by Corridor and videoclub in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England and Screen Archive South East.

Watch Selected 13 online 01 – 07 December 23

A south Asian woman sits at a dining table lit by pink light and candles

Selected 13 is a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent.

Selected 13 full programme was available from 12pm, 01 December to 6pm, 07 December 2023. The trailer is now showing in place of the full programme.

Selected 13 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists: Aqsa Arif, Ella Frost, Dan Guthrie, Hannan Jones, Hussina Raja, Evita Remy-Benn, Daisy Smith, and Mina Heydari-Waite. The eight artists were nominated by the artists shortlisted for the 2022 Film London Jarman Award: Jamie Crewe, Onyeka Igwe, Grace Ndiritu, Morgan Quaintance, Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Alberta Whittle.

Programme of work:

Evita Remy-Benn, SUGAR, 2023, 1:34 mins
Ella Frost, What You Love Too Much to Lose, 2021, 11 mins
Daisy Smith, (Dirt), 2020, 3:01 mins
Mina Heydari-Waite, 33 Seeds, 2022, 7:02 mins
Dan Guthrie, black strangers, 2022, 8:13 mins
Hussina Raja, Station, 2022, 7:39 mins
Hannan Jones, Dear F…, 2023, 6:29 mins
Evita Remy-Benn, SUGAR, 2023, 1:34 mins
Aqsa Arif, Spicy Pink Tea, 2022, 12:25 mins

Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network. Supported by Arts Council England and Film London.

videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform showing artists’ work across the UK and internationally. We support artists through curated programmes, engaging the public through screenings, exhibitions, talks, residencies, and commissions. www.videoclub.org.uk

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports London-based artists working in moving image, working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive programme including production award schemes, regular screenings, talks and events, as well as the prestigious annual Film London Jarman Award. www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ACE-transparent-e1533224264384.png

videoclub X MARTIN GOYA BUSINESS – Screening in Beijing, 15-16 Dec

videoclub & MARTIN GOYA BUSINESS (Hangzhou) present a series of short films by UK artist filmmakers in Beijing on 15-16 December.

The selected works are inspired by and created using technologies commonly employed in videogame development, such as game engines and 3D rendering. From delving into cyborg ontology to exploring queerness in science fiction, we invite you to join us on a journey into the boundless world of the digital age through these hyperrealistic films.

The event is held at The Groundless Factory in Beijing and is the finale event of Dreamy Place in 2023.

The films in the programme include:

  • Clifford Sage, Where’s My Stick?, 2017, 4:20 mins
  • Ben Dawson, I express myself best in silence, 2022, 6:08 mins
  • Jean Baptiste Castel, Camera.1, 2019, 8:21 mins
  • Megan Watson, The Air in Cyberspace, 2022, 3:20 mins
  • P1nk Poodle, Queer Theory Saved My Life, 2023, 4:20 mins
  • April Lin 林森, TR333, 2021, 10 mins

The Groundless Factory, Beijing

Date and time: 8pm on Friday, 15 December to 6am on Saturday, 16 December 2023 (looped screening)
Address: The Groundless Factory, 5 Zuigongfen, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Post Code: 100025 / 莫须有工厂, 中国北京市朝阳区醉公坟5号, 邮政编码: 100025

Curated and produced by videoclub and MARTIN GOYA BUSINESS. Supported by British Council Connections Through Culture Grant Programme 2023 and Arts Council England.


Call for expressions of interest from artist-curators to be future Dreamy Place curator

Thomas Buckley and GUAN, Only a Few Find the Way, 2023 – photo credit: Rosie Powell

videoclub is searching for an Artist-Curator to work with us on the next Dreamy Place Festival, to co-curate and deliver the festival with us.

We are inviting expressions of interest to be Artist-Curator for Dreamy Place Festival in 2024. The selected Artist-Curator will work closely with the core Dreamy Place team to develop the festival vision and programme with communities and partners.

Dreamy Place embraces new ideas, experimentation and alternative presentations of work. We are planning to deliver Dreamy Place Festival in two locations in 2024 – with one part in Crawley (early October) and the second part in Brighton & Hove (end of October). The Artist-Curator will collaborate with us to develop the programme, working with the team and local partners to deliver exhibitions, workshops, events and activities. The programme will range from local creative talent and practitioners to international artists.

Dreamy Place is a festival of art, creative technology and digital culture – it builds upon the 12-year legacy of Brighton Digital Festival, which it is an iteration and evolution of. We are planning to focus on AI and creativity for the 2024 edition – this is open for discussion and development with the Artist-Curator.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION AND DEADLINE

See the full artist brief for expressions of interest by clicking here. Please read the brief before applying, as the brief has a description of the role, which we ask you to respond to in the application form.

If you are interested in being considered for Artist-Curator for Dreamy Place in 2024, please submit a short expression of interest (500 words maximum, plus your CV and weblinks to your work) by clicking here and completing the Google Form.

Deadline for submissions: 12pm, Monday, 18 Dec 2023

Dreamy Place 2023 partners and supporters

Call for expressions of interest from artists – Days of Wonder

Photo of activities at The Wonder Club including colourful transparents and textured images laid on top of a lightbox giving them a rich glow.
Credit: Annis Joslin (photograph from The Wonder Club)

videoclub and Corridor invite expressions of interest from artists wanting to work with us on Days of Wonder through labs, exhibitions, commissions and workshops.

Days of Wonder is a three-year programme exploring the filmmaking heritage of Brighton & Hove and Shoreham using contemporary art, filmmaking, research, and exhibition.

Days of Wonder offers several opportunities for artists to be involved, including via: 

  • Workshops – both as guests and leaders
  • Exhibitions, interventions and commissions
  • Residencies and labs

We want to hear from artists interested in one or more ways of being involved in the above. And to hear about your experience, and to know how you would like to engage with the opportunity to work with us and the history of filmmaking in Brighton & Hove and Shoreham.

To find out more click here to read the full artist brief and for the link to the expression of interest form. Deadline for submissions: 12pm, Monday, 18 Dec 2023.

Days of Wonder celebrates the magic of early cinema and filmmaking and its spirit of creativity and innovation. Days of Wonder is produced by Corridor and videoclub in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums and Screen Archive South East with support from Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Opportunity for ages 13-18: The Wonder Club monthly workshops for young people

Credit: Zoe Montgomery

A new creative programme for young people interested in experimental filmmaking and visual arts starting this November. 

Explore early filmmaking and try out experimental moving image processes with artist Chahine Fellahi. Fuse analogue and digital and rekindle the spirit of discovery, enchantment and innovation that marked the early days of filmmaking.

Develop new arts skills, learn more about Hove Museum’s film and media collection and discover the innovations of the Hove film pioneers.

This is an exciting opportunity to experiment with techniques that led to contemporary filmmaking and contribute to exhibitions and events that will be taking place for the wider programme called Days of Wonder

  • Discover the innovations of the Hove film pioneers
  • Experiment with techniques that led to contemporary filmmaking
  • Develop new arts skills and contribute to Days of Wonder exhibitions and events

Dates and venues

Saturday 11 November (Booth Museum), 11am – 4pm
Saturday 16 December (Brighton Museum & Art Gallery), 11am – 4pm
Saturday 6 January (Hove Museum), 11am – 4pm
Saturday 10 February (Hove Museum), 11am – 4pm
Saturday 9 March (Hove Museum), 11am – 4pm

Book your place

Register at: https://forms.gle/Z1UxepfS7gfFTXua8

Selected 13 UK screening tour

Still from ‘Spicy Pink Tea’ by Aqsa Arif, 2022

Selected 13 brings a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent to your screens this autumn.

Selected 13 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists: Aqsa Arif, Ella Frost, Dan Guthrie, Hannan Jones, Hussina Raja, Evita Remy-Benn, Daisy Smith, and Mina Heydari-Waite. The eight artists were nominated by the artists shortlisted for the 2022 Film London Jarman Award: Jamie Crewe, Onyeka Igwe, Grace Ndiritu, Morgan Quaintance, Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Alberta Whittle.

Screenings:

Royal College of Art, London

Date and time: 14 November 2023 at 6:30pm screening
Price: FREE
Address: Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Dyson Building, Riverside, 1 Hester Rd, London SW11 4AN
Tickets: FREE – book your tickets here

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

Date and time: Tuesday, 14 November 2023 at 6pm
Price: FREE
Address and info: John Hansard Gallery, 142-144 Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DU / https://jhg.art / 023 8059 2158
Tickets: FREECLICK HERE TO BOOK A FREE PLACE

CCA Glasgow

Date and time: 21 November 2023 at 6pm
Price: Free
Address and info: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD / www.cca-glasgow.com / 0141 352 4900
Tickets: Free entry – no need to book – info: cca-glasgow.com/programme/selected-13

Nottingham Contemporary

Date and time: Tuesday, 28 November 2023 at 6:30pm
Price: FREE
Address: Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB / www.nottinghamcontemporary.org / 0115 948 9750
Tickets: Free entry

Fabrica, Brighton

Date and time: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 6:30pm doors and bar, 7pm screening
Price: £3.50
Address and info: Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG / www.fabrica.org.uk / 01273 778646
Tickets: Book tickets by clicking here

Full details with ticket links to follow. Join our mailing list to get alerted of dates and ticket info release.

Programme of work:

Aqsa Arif, Spicy Pink Tea, 2022, 12:25 mins

Ella Frost, What You Love Too Much to Lose, 2021, 11 mins

Dan Guthrie, black strangers, 2022, 8:13 mins

Hannan Jones, Dear F…, 2023, 6:29 mins

Hussina Raja, Station, 2022, 7:39 mins

Evita Remy-Benn, SUGAR, 2023, 1:34 mins

Daisy Smith, (Dirt), 2020, 3:01 mins

Mina Heydari-Waite, 33 Seeds, 2022, 7:02 mins

Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network. Supported by Arts Council England and Film London.

videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform showing artists’ work across the UK and internationally. We support artists through curated programmes, engaging the public through screenings, exhibitions, talks, residencies, and commissions. www.videoclub.org.uk

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports London-based artists working in moving image, working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive programme including production award schemes, regular screenings, talks and events, as well as the prestigious annual Film London Jarman Award. www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin

PRESENTS 2023 – new online exhibition

PRESENTS is a selection of video works that don’t require an abled or physically present body in order to be performative. Thirteen sick, disabled, d/Deaf, and care-giving artists come together to expand the idea of ‘performance’, presenting work that is embodied and immediate without forcing bodies to conform to ableist norms of art-making.

In addition to their video, each artist has created a score for you to perform alongside the work. The scores are instructions, prompts, invitations, or challenges from the artist to the audience. They create a sense of connection to an artist who isn’t physically there, but who speaks to us while we watch their video, and asks us to embody the performance of their artwork.

This second iteration of PRESENTS offers many tiny gifts from the artists, reaching out to us from far away, teleporting into our computer screens, homes, or theatres; at times sharp, soft-edged, slow, stratospheric, whipsmart, oblique, raging.

Available to watch online here

ACCESSIBILITY: All of the works, when necessary, are subtitled and audio described in English and German, as well as having versions in German and American sign language. All scores come in written and audio format in English and German. Some of the works play with performative and artistic aspects of these versions, not just making translations of information, but adding new artistic layers and interpretations to the works themselves. The website itself should be screen-reader friendly and keyboard navigable, please contact us if there are any issues at presents2023@gmail.com.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Upright Nationalism by Chloe Pascal Crawford contains repeated scenes of ableism, where wheelchair users are made to stand up by military exoskeleton technology. In the Belly of the Beast by Misra Walker thematises racist colonialism in the USA. Blue Light Hike by Laura Lulika + Hang Linton has a gory image of a fake chopped-off finger, and depicts anti-Black police racism.


The Videos

Featuring work from: April Lin 林森, Brothers Sick, Chloe Pascal Crawford, Hang Linton + Laura Lulika, Katrin Bittl + Saioa Alvarez Ruiz, Khairani Barokka, Misra Walker, RA Walden, Seo Hye Lee, Venesse Guy, and Zinzi Buchanan.

Some videos ask us to consider our performances online on social platforms, such as Traveling Solo ASL Story via Zodiac Signs which plays with online influencer Instagram culture, or OHYUNG: now i close my eyes the world i see is so beautiful which creates a virtual world where avatars of the living and dead reunite and are projected back onto the body.

Others invite us to the most morbid dance party of our lives, such as apocalypse core which asks us to scream-sing our favourite song as the world burns, or the music video where Hang Linton sings Blue Light Hike as they’re chased through a wage-labour nightmarescape by a violent police system embodied in a rapping pig.

Artists also grapple to represent the unrepresentably cruel systems of ableism and colonialism we live under: Upright Nationalism’s relentlessly parades military personnel being forced to stand up and serve their country, while In the Belly of the Beast creates an experimental horror film to depict the rot of colonisers like Christopher Columbus that lie at the heart of the American empire.

Artists perform with mythical beings who could be our downfalls, our or saving graces: we dance a perilous dance with the ancient baby God of love in Cupid’s Shuffle; and sculpt Golems for our and our community’s protection in Alchemy of the Ill.

Finally, our simple daily routines are elevated to performance: Dust Prayer shows the beauty of the rituals of ablutions, Cranes shows the power of solidarity of simply sharing a cigarette in silence, and Sound of Subtitles shows how the act of deep listening (not with our ears, but with our bodies) can be an act of creation.

PRESENTS 2023 is supported by Canada Council for the Arts. Delivered in collaboration with videoclub as part of Dreamy Place Festival online programme.

Dreamy Place Festival

Image: videoclub and Thomas Buckley

Dreamy Place, formerly Brighton Digital Festival, launches a new seven-day programme of art, creative tech and digital culture this October in Brighton & Hove and Crawley.

Produced by videoclub, the community-led festival showcases world-renowned artists and installations alongside local creative talent and interactive events. Dreamy Place is designed to engage people of all ages and backgrounds with the potential of creative technology. 

The new name, Dreamy Place, aligns with videoclub’s vision to use the celebrated programme to encourage people to think about how new creative technologies can arouse curiosity, inspire creativity, and benefit mental and physical health. It has expanded outside of its original location across Brighton & Hove and explores how the festival can enable greater inclusion.

Dreamy Place takes place across two sites over two weekends: in Crawley from 12 to 14 October and in Brighton from 19 to 22 October.

Find out more in the programme pages: 

Click here to find out what’s happening in Crawley during 12 to 14October

Click here to find out what’s happening in Brighton during 19 to 22 October

Dreamy Place has been curated and produced by videoclub. The programme has been created in partnership with arts, culture, technology and community partners from across Brighton & Hove, Crawley, the UK and internationally.

Partners include Brighton & Hove Museums, Brighton Youth Centre, Carousel / Oska Bright Film Festival, Crawley Community Youth Service, Crawley LGBTQU+, Crawley Library, Crawley Museum, eott, Exploring Senses, Fabrica, Gallery Lock In, Lighthouse, Martin Goya Business, South East Dance and The Old Market.

The 2023 programme has been made possible thanks to funders, sponsors and supporters including Arts Council England, Brandwatch, British Council, CCiXR University of Portsmouth, Chalk Hill Trust, Crawley Borough Council, Creative Crawley, Govia Thameslink, HTC, Jubilee Square / Brighton Fringe, Plus Accounting and Visual Elements.

Outdoor film trails in Shoreham 21st and 28th Sept

True Sound Facade by Laura N-Tamara (2021)

videoclub has been working with LGBTQIA+ young people from ESTEEM Youth Charity to curate two new free films trails by UK and international artists and filmmakers for the streets of Shoreham.

On Thursday 21st Sept (8-9pm) and Thursday 28th Sept (8-9pm), watch short films projected onto the streets of Shoreham as part of videoclub’s Night Watch film trail. Five films by British and international artists will be shown above shops and on buildings around the town.

Follow the film trail as the mobile cinema moves around central Shoreham, with opportunities to stop and watch, and then follow the trail to the next location. Viewers can follow the trail or just watch one film. videoclub will be walking films through the streets using a portable cinema.

Details for Thursday 21st September’s film trail

Meet at the entrance of St Mary de Haura Church, Church St, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DQ to start the tour at 8pm. Look out for the yellow hi-vis vests.

To get free tickets for the film trail on 21st September click here.

Access: the trail will cover approximately 1km, all wheelchair accessible. The pace is fairly leisurely. Films will be subtitled.

The event is free to attend and you can just turn up. Spaces are limited though, so to guarantee your place please reserve your FREE ticket.

———

Details for Thursday 28th September’s film trail

Meet outside ESTEEM Youth Charity, The Old School House, Ham Rd, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6PA to start the tour at 8pm. Look out for the yellow hi-vis vests.

To get free tickets for the film trail on 28th September click here.

Access: the trail will cover approximately 1km, all wheelchair accessible. The pace is fairly leisurely. Films will be subtitled.

The event is free to attend and you can just turn up. Spaces are limited though, so to guarantee your place please reserve your FREE ticket.

Tentacular-Spectacular-Creature-Feature-Film-Trail at Southampton Pride, 25 Aug 2023

On the eve of Southampton Pride on 25th August 2023, the digital drag of Tentacular Spectacular’s queer cryptids is coming to the city!

Watch as they fester in alleys and spawn a series of short films, which will be projected onto surfaces in the city. Car parks are their canvas and every wall an opportunity to exhibit. Follow the mobile cinema as it moves around the city, featuring our favourite drag critters: Lasana ShabazzFrogb0iShrek666Bonnie Bakeneko, Jenkin van Zyl and WET MESS

Meet outside John Hansard Gallery at 9pm to start the tour. Look out for the yellow hi-vis vests.

Access: the trail will cover approximately 1km, all wheelchair accessible. The pace is fairly leisurely.

The event is free to attend and you can just turn up.

PROGRAMME OF FILMS

PIGGY – Lasana Shabazz invites you to their queer fever dream of childhood nostalgia centring gay culture. Glitter, Rainbows and Shame.

Just passing through – a Trans-fi, Sci-fi, Horror from SHREK666 This short embraces Queer DIY approaches to filmmaking & animation, experimenting with practical, VFX, AI & physical sculpted material. Scenes from Glasgow Queer culture merge with generated visions in dreamlike sequences of making and unmaking.

I am the brute – a visual analysis of the subjective and objective experience of the brutality and beauty of life on earth by Bonnie Bakeneko.

Pop to the shops by WET MESS – a short film following the drag artist as they embark on an odyssey around London in one of their trademark fantasy flesh suits. Arms so big they can’t hold them up. Arms so muscular they drag on the floor. Steroided up and yet hollow on the inside.

FROGMORPHIA – an introspection on being and feeling like the ‘other’ in society by Frogb0i.

Curtain Call (2021) by Jenkin van Zyl. Filmed on an abandoned Viking film set on a frozen shore in Iceland and continuing their attraction to narratives that reside on the borderline between paradise and hellscape, the film freefalls through the terror, excitement, panic, and anticipation of the void of self-creation.

Commucracy NOW! Follow Oozing Gloop on this epic trip, where you’ll find psychoactive solutions for psychopathetic citizens trapped behind the very screens that are there to help them communicate! From the highest to the lowest, Gloop seeks to link the universal to the particular to revive the democratic impulse and pose the communist hypothesis.

😎 Tentacular Spectacular Creature Feature – a short film developed from a series of Creature Feature Zoom workshops with nine emerging drag artists facilitated by Gloop and guest mentors, edited by NewfrontEars. The film aims to re-create Hieronymus Bosch’s cursed masterpiece through the collective creation of cursed imagery, within the cursed confines of Zoo.

Commissioned by John Hansard Gallery as part of Co-Creating Public Space. Supported by Arts Council England, Southampton City Council, University of Southampton, GO! Southampton and in partnership with Southampton Pride and Breakout Youth. Produced by Artsadmin.