Video art emerged towards the middle of the twentieth century, initially as a direct response to television as a ubiquitous and dominant influence on the domestic landscape. This Video-Art week has been curated by Isaac Leung (Videotage) & Jamie Wyld (Videoclub). Artists in the programme include: Anson Mak, Fan Popo, Matt Lambert, Lucie Rachel, Nicole Pun, and Jay Bernard. David Gryn is set to curate Programme 9 within our video-art week.

Animation is a growing and established medium for artists and filmmakers. Featured in this programme is; Abigail Addison (Animate), Japanese animation auteurs, selected by curator and critic Nobuaki Doi. We will also be showing works by artists including; Astrid Goldsmith, Paul Bush & David Shrigley.

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Documentaries are a key part of Strangelove festival. How we look at and examine the world is key to our understanding other people’s views ideas and concepts. What is a documentary? “A nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspects of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.” (Wikipedia). James Collie, Director of Folkestone Quarterhouse Doc Club and Violet Pictures, has selected - Randall Christopher, Daisy Jacobs and Don Hertzfeldt to feature in Programme 1. We have a special in focus on the work of David Bickerstaff, an award-winning filmmaker who founded Atomictv in 1997, for Programme 2.