#37
Joost Rekveld, 2009, 31 min, 35mm, sound, colour

Film #37 is part of an ongoing exploration of the propagation and diffraction of light through holes and grids. The inspiration for #37 came from the way crystallographers use X-ray to investigate the internal structure of crystals. This structure can be inferred from the interference patterns the X-ray waves produce after percolating through the symmetrical arrangement of molecules in the crystal. In 1984, X-ray diffraction made the discovery of so called ‘quasicrystals’ possible; the starting point of #37 were the computer simulations produced by scientists in order to understand such quasiperiodic structures. During the making of this film, these ideas and tools led to the development of what could be called an ‘artificial physics’: a simulated universe with a variable number of dimensions, inhabited by particles that act on their neighbours and organize themselves into constellations with a varying level of symmetry. The images of the film are the simulated diffraction patterns produced by these constellations. — Joost Rekveld

Aboriginal Myths of South London
Steven Ball, 2010, 10min, video, sound, colour

Aboriginal Myths of South London adapts world views associated with indigenous people of Oceania to an interpretation of the space and social history of places in South London. As the first manifestation of the project, this video is presented as its prelude and explores New Kent Road, a major road close to the artist’s home. This application of attitudes to the status of the dead and human relationship to the ground, becomes a materialist alternative to the concept of the genius loci and the familiar. The approach is measured and austere, employing an arrangement of animated photographs and voice texts that becomes a poetic essay. — Steven Ball

Sequences and Interruptions
Nicky Hamlyn, 2008, 14 min, 16mm, silent, colour

A study in texture and rhythm, made with the painter Angela Allen.

Monolog
Laure Prouvost, 2009, 11 min, video, sound, colour

Come inside, I’m going to explain a few things. Just about you and the space we’re in. It’s quite warm in here, you should take off your jacket …— Laure Prouvost

Misty Suite
James Richards, 2009, 7 min, video, sound, colour

1859
Fred Worden, 2008, 11 min, video, silent, colour

Built out of a 30-frame clip of a lens flare. LSD is illegal, 1859 is not. — Fred Worden