Film and Video Umbrella are delighted to be premiering three newly developed works online as part of The Open Road.

Our current feature, Commons by David Blandy, draws on the collections of objects and specimens at The Amelia Scott, Tunbridge Wells and The Beaney, Canterbury. This expansive work combines archive film with three dimensional scans and newly captured footage of ancient rocks and woodland: common land preserved for all.

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Presented in London by Artangel, Naeem Mohaiemen's THROUGH A MIRROR, DARKLY revisits the turbulent 1970s, a decade of hopeful rebellions and catastrophic disappointments. For his new film, Mohaiemen focuses on a flashpoint in time: May 1970, when American students protesting domestic racism and overseas wars were met by state violence.

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•~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• is an ambitious multimedia installation at Tramway, Glasgow by artist Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 that evokes a sub-aquatic world shaped according to the ancestral logics of the Song family, which serves simultaneously as spectacle, memorial and refuge. The exhibition features new moving image works commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella.

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We are delighted to announce that our brilliant final cohort features Anna Engelhardt, Jameisha Prescod, Hantao Li, Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner, Morisha Moodley, and Mahdy Abo Bahat.

The Open Road reimagines the age-old tale of a journey taken, weaving together new stories by three contemporary artists; David Blandy, Amaal Said, and Sam Williams. 

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Find out more about where FVU's commissioned works are being exhibited and screened in the UK and internationally

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You can now watch an introduction to the organisation’s history and ongoing programmes by FVU’s Director Angelica Sule

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