Selected 2

Dir. Various, Unknown, Unknown, 2012

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Wed 30 May 2012 // 19:30 / Cinema

Selected II is a new collection of artists’ film and video touring the UK in May and June 2012, taking place at some of the UK’s leading venues for showcasing artists’ film. Nominated by the artists shortlisted for the Jarman Award 2011, Selected brings together some of the best emerging film and video artists from the UK in a dazzling, diverse programme of new artists’ moving image.

Shortlisted artists for the 2011 Film London Jarman Award - Ed Atkins; Clio Barnard; Claire Hooper; Anja Kirschner & David Panos; Hilary Koob-Sassen; Torsten Lauschmann; Elizabeth Price; Laure Prouvost; Imogen Stidworthy; and Corin Sworn - have selected work by up-and-coming, fresh filmmaking talent, to develop an invigorating new programme of work.

Confirmed artists in the 2012 Selected II screening programme include:

Anonymous Bosch, Nicholas Keogh, Benedict Drew, Francis Summers, Una Knox, Andy Lacey, Charlotte Prodger, Daniel Swan, Alexis Milne, and Markus Soukup.

Selected II will be touring to six venues in the UK, including: Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow; Duke of York’s Cinema, Brighton; FACT, Liverpool; Nottingham Contemporary; Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle; and Whitechapel Gallery, London.Artists will be appearing at screenings to introduce their work and to be in conversation with audiences.

Selected II has been produced in partnership with videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), with the aim of showcasing and celebrating some of the most innovative emerging talent in artists’ moving image.

videoclubvideoclub produces development and exhibition opportunities for artists working with film, video and digital practices; providing opportunities for the public to see, experience and engage in discourse about artists’ work.www.videoclub.org.uk

Film London Artists’ Moving Image NetworkFilm 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. The Jarman Award honours the legacy of avant-garde film-maker Derek Jarman. It recognises and rewards the exceptional creativity of today’s UK artist film-makers whose work, like Jarman’s, resists conventional definition.www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin

Image: still from Sludge Manifesto by Benedict Drew