Essex Road II is comprised of eight specially commissioned short films by critically acclaimed artist-filmmakers, each inspired by the north London street from which the project takes its name, and where the gallery is also located. Featuring work by Jordan Baseman, Helen Benigson, Sebastian Buerkner, Jem Cohen, Ruth Maclennan, Melanie Manchot, Uriel Orlow, John Smith.
Sounds from Beneath is touring to Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow; Brighton Festival; Showroom Cinema, Sheffield; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle; and Picture This, Bristol. Programme of artists films includes works by Sebastian Buerkner, Zoe Brown, Mikhail Karikis & Uriel Orlow, Piotr Krzymowski, Chooc Ly Tan, Michael Robinson, Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, Ben Russell and others.
Lux curated programme on Friday 2 May at 2.30pm. With works by Sebastian Buerkner, Graham Ellard & Stephen Johnstone, Simon Martin, Uriel Orlow, Rachel Reupke, Ben Rivers and Emily Wardill.