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FAD Magazine: Whitechapel Gallery partners with 20 organisations to launch a global season of artists’ film online

Posted On: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 | by project88pressadmin

 By Mark Westall

FAD MAGAZINE Dominika Olszowy Wanda Wanton (still) 2016 Video 9:14 minutes Selected by Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw

Dominika Olszowy Wanda Wanton (still) 2016 Video 9:14 minutes Selected by Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.

Whitechapel Gallery is bringing film, video and animation from around the world to audiences at home as part of its Artists’ Film International (AFI) programme. During our precarious times, every Tuesday a film selected by one of 20 global partners launches on Whitechapel Gallery’s website.

Local sounds, rituals and political realities prominently feature in our online season; from the rhythms and images of a Bahamian Junkanoo to an exploration of ancestral lands on the desert border between Mexico and the US. Language is the common theme of AFI’s 2020 programme, and every film uses language to intensify place.

Read the entire article here: https://fadmagazine.com/2020/04/22/whitechapel-gallery-partners-with-20-organisations-to-launch-a-global-season-of-artists-film-online/