videoclub is a platform for artists’ film and video. Its intention is to support artists, but also to showcase new artists’ film to the public to increase public engagement with artists’ moving image, and to create opportunities for critical engagement with contemporary art work.

Selected is a collaboration between videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), and is designed to present a cross-section of work by British-based artists across the UK. In the spirit of Derek Jarman’s life and work as a queer activist and convention-defying filmmaker, Selected celebrates innovation, experimentation and risk-taking in artists’ film.

Selected 5 features early career artists’ film nominated by 2014 Jarman Award shortlisted artists and touring the UK. Included in the programme are works by UK-based Lucy Beech, Tom Lock, Kate Cooper, and Min-Wei Ting presented in conversation with some of the artists themselves.

Friendly Things from the Future by Nicholas-Brooks

The only way she could ever look good is with distance by Richard Sides

This year videoclub celebrates the 5th edition of Selected by continuing to offer a strong sense of commentary on contemporary culture. Kate Cooper’s Rigged explores the objectification of women and the increasing plasticisation of culture; whilst Lucy Beech’s Cannibals presents a satirical look at the cult of self help.

Jamie Wyld, Director of videoclub, says: “Selected 5 screenings offer audiences an opportunity to see work by artists at the forefront of this cutting edge artform and enter into a conversation with them about the thinking behind their work.”

Selected will be touring to six venues in the UK, including: CCA, Glasgow (28 May); CIRCA Projects at The Northern Quarter, Newcastle (10 June); Fabrica, Brighton (11 June); Nottingham Contemporary (21 July); and Whitechapel Gallery, London (23 July).

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