Experimental Cinema: Structures, Systems and Strategies 

Close-Up, October 2026–March 2027

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​A series of screenings that corresponds with Simon Payne's new book Experimental Cinema: Structures, Systems and Strategies (BFI/Bloomsbury), which explores a rich vein in experimental film and video, where unique creative methods and processes are the starting point for an artists' vision of cinema. The twenty essays focus on British film and video-makers' work, from the late 1960s to the present. Overall, the book represents a loose lineage of artists that have defined the central preoccupations of experimental film and video, testing expectations of cinema, television and the moving image in all manner of exciting and ingenious ways.

A number of the essays in Experimental Cinema have provided the starting point for the film screenings in this series. Each programme centres on an individual artist-filmmaker, who will be present to introduce and discuss their work.​​​

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