Amrita Dhallu finds the South African artist’s imaginative history of stone throwing has become a foundation for worldmaking
Maja and Reuben Fowkes feel the urgency of the curator’s question: can the seas survive us?
Maria Walsh surrenders to an experimental film that explores the idea of an ‘autistic camera’
Bob Dickinson wonders whether working-class culture can survive in the UK
Public sculpture is everywhere yet it is in crisis argues Lisa Le Feuvre
Michaële Cutaya on the politics of plants
The Michael O’Pray Prize is a Film and Video Umbrella initiative launched in 2017 in partnership with Art Monthly, supported by University of East London and Arts Council England. The prize seeks new writing on innovation and experimentation in moving-image art. Read the winning texts below.
Bami Oke examines Garrett Bradley’s embodied video reflection on US culture
E De Zulueta explores the delirious resistance of Mexican filmmakers Colectivo los ingrávidos
Nevan Spier views Palestine through the films of Mustafa Abu Ali and Elia Suleiman
Seán Ward discovers Edinburgh’s radical side via the 2024 art festival
Leanne Petersen responds to Rene Matic’s practice in dialogue with Black Cultural Archives’ collection
Four London-based artists discuss the rise of the online studio visit