Inexpressible: A screening of artist short films
Event ● Wednesday 3 June 2026 ● 18.30pm – 20.00pm
Venue: Old Glassworks ● BA1 5BW ● see map for info
Free ● no need to book
‘The most profound things are inexpressible’, Jenny Holzer, Truisms
In today’s sociopolitical climate, it can be hard to navigate the constant stream of information and endless tidal waves of rhetoric and opinion. Events and value systems in the world in which we live often feel incompatible with our own beliefs and values. Alongside this, daily life can present its own challenges. How can we stay connected with our humanity and the world around us without becoming completely overwhelmed or desensitised, or without succumbing to the path of least resistance and saying nothing at all? Sometimes words can feel inadequate. But for artists there have always existed other possibilities, other languages to express thoughts, feelings, truths, and falsehoods. Such modes of communication may succeed where other, more prescriptive ones fail.
For their curated film screening, Sightlines Projects invited artists who are interested in responding to the world we live in to submit short films that reflect their views, thoughts or feelings in considered, non-prescriptive, experimental ways; to express what may feel inexpressible by other means. The resulting screening presents an array of lived experience that reflects the intersection of the personal and political in thoughtful and thought-provoking ways.
Selected Artists:
Natasha Abrahams, Steve Burden, Myriam Cohenca, Maryam Hassanein, Alexandra Kumala, Lin Li, Kate McDonnell, Michael Mersereau, Marian Obando and Sally Waterman.
Please note: some films cover topics which some audiences may find difficult. Information will be available on the night
Curated by Sightlines Projects (Roz Bonnet and Sarah Knight)
Sightlines Projects is a Bristol-based curatorial partnership formed by Roz Bonnet and Sarah Knight. Our intention is to offer a platform for experimentation to emerging and established artists across all mediums, and to collaborate with artists to push and develop curatorial strategies.
We have organised exhibitions in Bristol, Bath and London. We are interested in site-specific projects, immersive installations, film screenings and curated exhibitions in which dialogue is fostered between diverse works that respond to a loose, non-prescriptive theme, be it cultural, sociopolitical, or purely formal. We are keen to bring contemporary art out of traditional gallery spaces to reach new audiences.
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