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  • The Dreamers : Bill Viola
    The Dreamers : Bill Viola

    US video artist Bill Viola explains how his latest exhibits touch upon a near-death experience as a child, and the importance of water in his work

    duration: 8 mins

    The Space
    format: Video
    Visual & Media Arts
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  • English Magic : Jeremy Deller
    English Magic : Jeremy Deller

    Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller presents an eclectic view of England in his video installation from his solo exhibition representing Great Britain at 2013's Venice Biennale

    duration: 14 mins

    Jeremy Deller
    format: Video
    Visual & Media ArtsPerformance & Festival
  • David Bowie: The Space's Odyssey
    David Bowie: The Space's Odyssey

    The Space presents five short films, made in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, which each explores the genius of David Bowie on occasion of the first full-scale retrospective of his career, David Bowie is, at the V&A in London

    The V&A
    Visual & Media ArtsMusic
  • NEST
    NEST

    NEST was Northern Ireland’s largest ever public art installation. It brought together thousands of individual possessions, thoughts, words, sounds and voices for the making of a single landscape. See how it was put together in this film, then explore a selection of the donated objects on the interactive website

    duration: 5 mins

    Dumbworld Productions
    format: Video
    Visual & Media Arts
  • Ealing Studios
    Ealing Studios

    A series of films exploring the heyday of the great Ealing Studios between 1938 and 1959, when it produced classic British films including The Lavender Hill Mob and Whisky Galore! under the leadership of Michael Balcon

    British Film Institute
    Film
  • Erebus : Russell Maliphant Company
    Erebus : Russell Maliphant Company

    An adaptation by filmmakers Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones of The Rodin Project, a contemporary dance piece by award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant

    duration: 16 mins

    format: Video
    Dance
  • The Space Journey
    The Space Journey

    Follow the story of The Space since its launch in May 2012

    duration: 13 mins

    The Space
    format: Video (Captioned)
    Film
  • Cymbeline : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
    Cymbeline : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe

    Cymbeline by William Shakespeare is performed in Juba Arabic by the South Sudan Theatre Company, with scene description in English.

    duration: 150 mins

    format: Video (Subtitled)
    TheatrePerformance & FestivalLiterature & Spoken Word
  • Will Self's Digital Essay
    Will Self's Digital Essay

    Read Will Self's literary essay, reimagined for the digital age and inspired by Franz Kafka's work A Country Doctor

    London Review of Books
    Literature & Spoken Word
  • Arena Hotel
    Arena Hotel

    In a landmark archive project for The Space, Arena - the BBC’s multi award winning arts documentary series - has turned its own unique archive into a hotel, a treasure trove of over 600 films going back to 1975

  • Premiere : The London Requiem
    Premiere : The London Requiem

    Watch the premiere performance of The London Requiem, composed by Benjamin Till, from Abney Park Cemetery in North London

    duration: 50 mins

    format: Video
    Performance & FestivalMusic
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  • Pericles : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe
    Pericles : Shakespeare: Globe to Globe

    Pericles by William Shakespeare is performed in Greek by the National Theatre of Greece, with scene description in English

    duration: 228 mins

    format: Video (Subtitled)
    TheatrePerformance & FestivalLiterature & Spoken Word
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