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Experimental Cinema Structures, Systems and Strategies

+ writer and artist Simon Payne in conversation with BFI National Archive curator William Fowler

The incredible rigour and creative inventiveness of artists’ experimental film is showcased in a special, wide-ranging programme that launches a new book by Simon Payne.

  • Total running time 100min

The works presented here on 16mm and video draw out some of the key questions and preoccupations that have captivated artists and filmmakers in their bid to challenge the limits of film, television and broader moving image culture. Among Simon Payne’s selections are works by Jayne Parker, Peter Gidal, Samantha Rebello and Jennifer Nightingale. He also joins us to discuss the thinking behind his new BFI/Bloomsbury book Experimental Cinema: Structures, Systems and Strategies.

Supported by the Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies (MACT) at Anglia Ruskin University.

Candle
Neil Henderson 2017. 4min. 16mm. Silent

Dark from Light
Nick Collins 2019. 4min. 16mm. Silent

Projection 1
Jayne Parker 2000. 6min. 16mm on Digital

Traction
Jenny Baines 2023. 3min. 16mm. Silent

Digital Still Life
Malcolm Le Grice (1984-6) 8min. Digital video

Knitting Films
Jennifer Nightingale 2016-2025. 6min. 16mm on Digital

Noisy Licking, Dribbling and Spitting
Vicky Smith 2014. 4min. 16mm

not far at all
Peter Gidal 2013. 14min. 16mm

The Object Which Thinks Us: Object 1
Samantha Rebello 2007. 7min. 16mm

Hole
Nicky Hamlyn 1992. 2min. 16mm. Silent

Edges: Waves
Simon Payne 2018. 6min. Digital

Film on Film