Annis Joslin

Now open! Play Back Forward Hove Museum of Creativity 4 Oct–12 April Free Admission Opening times: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm Play Back Forward presents new work by Chahine Fellahi and Annis Joslin, involving participants from The Wonder Club. The exhibition celebrates the playful ingenuity of pioneering filmmakers George Albert Smith, Laura Bayley, and James Williamson who were developing their craft in Brighton and Hove at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition includes new moving image work, photography, flip books, playing cards, optical illusions, interactive artworks and an immersive video installation. Play Back Forward is part of the three-year programme Days of Wonder curated and produced by videoclub and Corridor in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums and Screen Archive South East, with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, and BFI/Film Hub South East. Thanks to Jim Kirby for install photography✨ @jimkirby_photo @annisjoslin @kimia.collective @videoclub_uk @corridorproj @brighton_museums @screenarchivese @filmhubse @HeritageFundUK @aceagrams . . . . #movingimage #earlyfilm #filmeducation#youngfilmmakers #brightonmuseum #film#filmmaking #artistfilm #zoetrope #foley#animation #super8film #cameraobscura #immersiveinstallations #earlyfilm #filmeducation #videoart

Last weekend! Play Back Forward Hove Museum of Creativity Open Saturday and Sunday, 10-5pm. Last chance to see these new works by Chahine Fellahi and Annis Joslin, involving participants from The Wonder Club, in response to the three year programme Days of Wonder. The exhibition of moving image, objects, photography, installation and interactive art works celebrates the playful ingenuity of pioneering filmmakers who were developing their craft in Brighton and Hove at the turn of the 20th century.. Play Back Forward is part of the three-year programme Days of Wonder curated and produced by videoclub and Corridor in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums and Screen Archive South East, with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, and BFI/Film Hub South East. @annisjoslin @kimia.collective . . With thanks to @zlmnt and @louisesconway @videoclub_uk @corridorproj @brighton_museums @screenarchivese @filmhubse @HeritageFundUK @aceagrams . . . . #cameraobscura #movingimage #earlyfilm #filmeducation #immersiveinstallations

Oscillations i, ii, ,iii will be presented in black and white in an experimental artist book, part of an exhibition at Millennium Film Workshop, New York opening today. Published by Bad Saturn press, designed as both publication and performance, the book features experimental binding and live production. Contributors include Abigail Hendrix, Alice Shapiro, Annis Joslin, Carmen Gray, Clare Archibald, Dana Teen Lomax, Jennifer Helminski, Kevin Chen, Mandy Eugeniou, Maya Ivona Peiu, Michael Betancourt, Ryan Hooper, Sermon Jeff, Sybil Xyshen, Trish, Wendy Oberlander, Yates, Zach Hammer, and Zoey Solomon Opening: April 3 Performances: April 4 Artist book: @badsaturnmedia Curated by: @michelesaintmichel @millennium_film (host venue) @badsaturnmedia (publisher) @michelesaintmichel (curator) #scanography #movingimage #jouissance #cameralessphotography

Great to be part of this exhibition, Jouissance, at Millennium Film Workshop, New York. My (scanography) work Oscillations i, ii, ,iii was selected to be part of an experimental artist book published by Bad Saturn Press and curated by Michèle Saint Michel. It will be released as a performance during the opening events on April 3. Designed as both publication and performance, the book features experimental binding and live production. Wish I could be there to witness that! Jouissance 45 artists across experimental film, performance, and installation April 3–9 @millennium_film Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY Opening: April 3 Performances: April 4 Artist book: @badsaturnmedia Curated by: @michelesaintmichel @millennium_film (host venue) @badsaturnmedia (publisher) @michelesaintmichel (curator)

Final couple of weeks left to catch Play Back Forward at Hove Museum of Creativity and experience Portals, a 3 channel video installation by Chahine Fellahi and Annis Joslin. Portals combines archive, found footage, hand drawn super 8 film and new material and responses made by the artists and young people who took part in The Wonder Club, an experimental film club that took place monthly at the museum. Portals, is an immersive passage into the unsettled rhythms of cinema. Here, time stretches, folds, and repeats; fragments of memory collide, and images flicker between light, shadow, and celluloid. Visitors are invited to pause, recline, and drift within these shifting visions, where film becomes a threshold to other ways of seeing and sensing. Sound composition by James Unsworth & Ruairidh Carpenter Films by James Williamson, George Albert Smith and Laura Bayley repurposed in this video work. Courtesy of Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton and BFI National Archive. Play Back Forward is part of the three-year programme Days of Wonder curated and produced by videoclub and Corridor in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums and Screen Archive South East, with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, and BFI/Film Hub South East. @annisjoslin @kimia.collective @videoclub_uk @corridorproj @brighton_museums @screenarchivese @filmhubse @clairewearn @HeritageFundUK @aceagrams . . . . #movingimage #earlyfilm #filmeducation #videoinstallation #artistfilm

Two short clips from ‘Son of Liverpool’, a film I made in 2012 with and about the late painter, John Kirby which is being shown this month at Flowers Gallery alongside the first exhibition of his work since his death almost a year ago. The film was originally commissioned for his retrospective exhibition at The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. The film is a meandering conversation with John as he prepares for his retrospective exhibition in Liverpool, reflecting on his childhood, his reasons for leaving the city at 16, finding his way to art school in his 30’s via social work and a stint with Mother Teresa. I loved making this film with John and revisiting it again brought back the wonderful time I spent with him at his home, studio and in Liverpool. It was a return for me too as I was born in Liverpool. Looking at the footage again brought back stories he told me (that didn’t make it into the film) and memories of our time - his mother’s hand made costumes and vaudeville performances, him finding a 1950’s diary in a skip and making an exhibition with fellow artist friends in response to it and us singing Peggy Lee’s ‘Is that all there is?’ together in the lift leaving his studio. John, loved and missed, was also a family friend, being the uncle of my partner Jim, who also made the music for the film. I’ll add a link to the full film in bio Last images detail of’Arms Wide Open’ (2012) and ‘Boy’ (2013) by John Kirby @flowersgallery 📌 John Kirby: Boy runs 19 March – 18 April 2026 at Flowers, 21 Cork Street, London W1 Flowers Gallery text: John Kirby: Boy marks the Gallery’s first exhibition of Kirby’s work since his passing last year, offering a reflection on the artist’s singular voice within contemporary painting. Centred on ‘Boy’ (2013), a painting that resonates with Kirby’s sustained exploration of identity, vulnerability, and the ambiguities of the self, the exhibition presents a selection of key pieces drawn from across his remarkable career. . . : #johnkirby #flowersgallery #artistfilm #painting #return

Clip from another film I’m working on for a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra commission. The @royalphilorchestra have commissioned me to make a series of films which will be projected alongside the live orchestra in their Relaxed Performance series touring this year. (This is not the music that the orchestra will be playing but just playing with a different track here!) .’ #playing #process #royalphilharmonicorchestra #relaxedperformance #inclusiveperformance inclusiveorchestra movingimage videoart videoprojections by @nightbus__

Play Back Forward is now available on the digital guide @bloombergconnects - an app providing on-demand content from over 350+ museums, galleries, sculpture parks, and cultural spaces worldwide. If you can’t make it down to Hove Museum, have a dip into the app and view some of the selected artworks from the exhibition including ‘Portals’ as shown here. There is a short audio guide courtesy of our lead artists Annis Joslin and Chahine Fellahi. See bio for link to app. Portals is a three-channel video installation with sound composition to create an immersive passage into the unsettled rhythms of cinema. Here, time stretches, folds, and repeats; fragments of memory collide, and images flicker between light, shadow, and celluloid. Visitors are invited to pause, recline, and drift within these shifting visions, where film becomes a threshold to other ways of seeing and sensing. Sound composition by James Unsworth & Ruairidh Carpenter. Play Back Forward Hove Museum of Creativity 4 Oct–12 April Free Admission Opening times: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm Exhibition curated and produced by Corridor and videoclub in partnership with Brighton & Hove Museums and Screen Archive South East. With support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, and BFI/Film Hub South East. installation photography @jimkirby_photo @annisjoslin @kimia.collective . . . . @videoclub_uk @corridorproj @brighton_museums @screenarchivese @filmhubse @HeritageFundUK @aceagrams

More play with layers….processing process…. . (not the music that the orchestra will be playing) @royalphilorchestra commission #royalphilharmonicorchestra #relaxedperformance #inclusiveperformance #inclusiveorchestra #movingimage #videoart #videoprojections #ravel #inclusiveart #collaboration #brentmencap

Processing process, testing, experimenting, playing with layers…think sometimes you can over process and I may have done that….😵‍💫 . . For Royal Philharmonic Orchestra commission. Images created created with Brent Mencap group. .’ #playing #process #royalphilharmonicorchestra #relaxedperformance #inclusiveperformance #inclusiveorchestra #movingimage #videoart #videoprojections

Reviewing footage from a workshop that I will be weaving together along with some new responses and edits for my current Royal Philharmonic Orchestra commission. It was a really fun workshop experimenting with shadow play and animations with pupils at Manor School, Brent working in response to 3 brilliant Royal Philharmonic Orchestra musicians (violin, cello and trumpet) Manor school specialises in providing tailored education for pupils with diverse needs, including Autism and severe/complex learning difficulties. I have been commissioned by @royalphilorchestra to make a series of films which will be projected alongside the live orchestra in their Relaxed Performance series. Some of the films are co-created and it is hoped that the pupils will come along to the Relaxed Performances to see their film. (This is not the music the orchestra will be playing!) #royalphilharmonicorchestra #relaxedperformance #inclusiveperformance #inclusiveorchestra #movingimage #videoart #videoprojections

Processing process. Developing the material generated during a workshop with Brent Mencap for a current Royal Philharmonic Orchestra commission. (See previous post) . ✨Thanks to @projectartworks for letting me make use of one the beautiful new studio spaces 🙏🏻✨ . . . . @royalphilorchestra #royalphilharmonicorchestra #relaxedperformance #inclusiveperformance #inclusiveorchestra #movingimage #videoart #videoprojections