Directed by Kingston University’s Professor Ben Kelly Future Ruins, Future Archives is a new short film that visually excavates and explores five decades of cultural innovation and personal ephemera now held in the Ben Kelly Design Archive (1971–2016) at Kingston University. The film was launched on 2 May 2024 with a special preview screening at Reference Point in central London … Future Ruins, Future Archives
Stanley Picker Fellow Thomas Pausz’ solo show Haunted Ecologies intersects the research fields of media, ecology and ‘hauntology’ – the understanding that our perception of contemporary environment and culture is always haunted by spectres of the past and by hopes and visions of the future – to propose an immersive installation echoing the transformations of … Haunted Ecologies
CautionContains flashing lights and themes of a sensitive nature including depression, anxiety, suicide and racism. Please talk to a member of staff if you have any questions. Stanley Picker Fellow Larry Achiampong’s show centres around two moving image works, processing the imprints of depression, inherited trauma, digital anxiety and Black Masculinity. The films delicately unfurl … A Letter, A Pledge