VIVID - Projects

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Some highlights from our archive:

Endurance
Launching VIVID's Pioneers series, Endurance focused on mental and physical notions of endurance through presenting pioneering works from the 1960s to present alongside new...

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The Act of Drawing
The Act of Drawing explored the physical act of drawing and it's representation on screen in various forms.

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Cum Clubbing
For one night only VIVID hosted an art party inspired by the colourful club nights of Birmingham's underground scenes in the 1980s.

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Participation is an exhibition and archive project centred on the emergence of new film forms, politics and practices in the 1980s. Presented in two parts, the works react to and document the rise of Thatcherism and the social and cultural events the period from 1979 engendered: inner city disturbances, the miners strike, and increasing social disparity.

For those of you who missed VIVID's recent exhibition - Participation: The Film & Video Workshop Movement, 1979 -1991 - we've uploaded the exhibition guide, featuring essays from Roger Shannon (original member of Birmingham Film & Video Workshop) and Dr Paul Long (Birmingham City University), for you to download. Click here for your free copy.