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August 10, 2025 Play Back Forward exhibition at Hove Museum of Creativity – 4 Oct 25 – 12 Apr 26 Play Back Forward explores the legacy of Brighton and Hove’s early film pioneers, George Albert Smith, Laura Bayley Smith, and James Williamson. The exhibition weaves together archival films, creative responses by young people, and new collaborative works by artists Chahine Fellahi and Annis Joslin.  Exhibition dates and times: 4 October 2025 – 12 April 2026,...
July 20, 2025 Both Sides Now 10 – USA, UK & Hong Kong programme Sep-Oct 2025 Both Sides Now 10 – a decade of moving image cultural exchange Both Sides Now 10 marks a decade of collaboration between videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong), presenting a vibrant international programme of moving image works by artists from the UK and Hong Kong. This landmark tenth edition reflects on ten years of creative...
July 18, 2025 Meet the artists: Vital Capacities residency, August 2025 For the 11th Vital Capacities residency, we partner with Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network and Wysing Arts Centre to work with artists from the UK and Hong Kong. From 1 August, artists Chan Long Fung, Lazarus, Leah Clements, and Elora Kadir will join Vital Capacities to undertake research and develop new work. Over the...
May 5, 2025 Dreamy Place — Talks on Asian Futurism From Indo-futuristic museum to sonic archive, we presented a series of talks by artists and curators exploring Asian futurism in contemporary art practice, as part of Sudden Beams 3 at Dreamy Place Festival. Talks were presented in conjunction with 4A. I.: Elsewhere in India—an exhibition held at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney,...
July 7, 2024 Free art workshops – opportunity for LGBTQIA+ folks to create new artwork to be projected onto Bolsover Castle Call out for LGBTQIA+ participants in and around Chesterfield, to work with a LGBTQIA+ artist to create new artworks to be projected onto Bolsover Castle.  Participants will work with artist Rebecca Smith – also known as Urban Projections – who has collaborated with the likes of Avicii, Stormzy, Coca-Cola, John Galliano, Tate, Light Night Nottingham...
June 2, 2024 Vital Capacities new resident artists June 2024 For the tenth Vital Capacities‘ residency, we partner with Unlimited, Videotage (Hong Kong) and Wysing Art Centre (Cambridge) to work with artists from the UK and Hong Kong. From 1 June, artists Shrouk El-Attar, Bella Milroy, James Kong King-sin and Jameisha Prescod join Vital Capacities, to undertake research and develop new work. Working with our partners, they will...
May 6, 2024 “I dreamt…” recordings by The Wonder Club This series of recordings were created by participants of The Wonder Club during a workshop delving into “the vision scene” and the depiction of dream elements in magic lantern slides, employing techniques like double exposure and superimposition. Participants selected 35mm found slides, overlayed and transformed them creatively through direct interventions like drawing, painting and scratching....
May 3, 2024 Artists in Days of Wonder exhibition at Hove Museum of Creativity Annis Joslinecho An egg, top hat, clothes pegs, bird cage and a line of rope – these are just a few of the objects that inhabit the world of echo. In a multi-channel video installation projected across and above the museum cabinet, these objects exit the confines of the film’s original narrative into different realms...
April 2, 2024 Days of Wonder exhibition at Hove Museum of Creativity Celebrating the magic of early cinema and filmmaking and its spirit of creativity and innovation, Days of Wonder is an exhibition of new work inspired and influenced by the remarkable film and media collections held at Hove Museum of Creativity and Screen Archive South East. Days of Wonder is part of Brighton Festival 2024. Corridor and...
March 25, 2024 Opportunity for ages 13-16: The Wonder Club monthly workshops for young people The Wonder Club is a creative programme for young people interested in experimental filmmaking and visual arts.  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,...
March 2, 2024 Selected 14 UK screening tour Selected 14 brings a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent to your screens this Spring. 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...
A south Asian woman sits at a dining table lit by pink light and candles December 1, 2023 Watch Selected 13 online 01 – 07 December 23  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,...
October 26, 2023 Selected 13 UK screening tour 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...
October 9, 2023 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...
September 12, 2023 Dreamy Place Festival 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...