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This publication accompanies the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2015, for which emerging artists Lucy Clout and Marianna Simnett were commissioned to create major new works, in response to a designated theme.The theme, as suggested by the title 'What Will They See of Me?'', alludes to the pressures (and perils) of visibility in a digital world, where images of the self are routinely circulated and exchanged; but also reflects underlying insecurities about personal identity and, beyond that, wider anxieties about what we might be leaving behind for posterity.With dedicated texts by Steven Bode and an essay by Josh Cohen, the publication probes these ideas and explores the ways in which the theme resonates with the new works by Clout and Simnett.The Jerwood/FVU Awards are a collaboration between Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Film and Video Umbrella (FVU) in association with Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow and University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries. FVU is supported by Arts Council England.

Charting the span of Susan Collins' 'Seascape' from its earliest online manifestations to its gallery exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, this publication offers an overview of this innovative project which used digital technology to bring a new element to a long-standing pictorial tradition reflecting man's enduring relationship to the sea. Featuring essays by art historian Nicholas Alfrey and critic Sean Cubitt, alongside a wealth of images and other background information, the book sets out to capture the many different facets of this remarkable piece of work, highlighting the sheer volume of material that has been generated over the course of its development.Published by Film and Video Umbrella. Supported by Arts Council England.

A large-format publication documenting the various elements and stages of Johan Grimonprez's project 'Looking for Alfred' which uses film, video and photography, as well as storyboards and other drawings by the artist, in an imaginative pursuit of the multi-faceted legacy of Alfred Hitchcock.Published in conjunction with Grimomprez's exhibition 'Looking for Alfred', at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2007, this full colour publication features essays by Patricia Allmer, Thomas Elsaesser and Tom McCarthy, with texts by Jorge L. Borges, Jeff Noon and Slavoj Zizek, alongside an interview with the artist by Chris Darke. The book retraces the themes of the lookalike and the double that recur in Grimonprez's work, and are such a feature of Hitchcock's own oeuvre, whilst providing insightful explorations into the artist's broader practice.'Looking for Alfred' is published by Film and Video Umbrella, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Pinakothek der Moderne and Zapomatik, with the support of Theo Wormland Stiftung, Arts Council England, The Flemish Authorities, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and SMAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Gent. With additional support from Sean Kelly Gallery and Deitch Projects.

Jananne Al-Ani's haunting, delicately honed work in video and photography is distinguished by its evocative portraits and its intimate and compelling narratives. The first monographic survey of Al-Ani's work, this publication highlights video installations from 1996 onwards, while also referencing a selection of earlier photographic pieces. Produced to accompany the exhibition of Al-Ani's 'The Visit' at Tate Britain in 2005, the book features newly commissioned essays by Claire Doherty and Angela Weight, alongside an interview with the artist by Richard Hylton.Published by Film and Video Umbrella. Funded by Arts Council England, with additional support from University of the Arts, London.

''An English Journey' is a combined book and DVD project by the artist Andrew Cross. Published to coincide with Cross' video and photographic exhibition '3 hours from here' it casts a typically adroit and observant eye over the changing face of the English landscape and its ever-expanding road transport network. Following the route (from Southampton to the North West of England) followed by J.B. Priestley in his 1930s state-of-the-nation travel book 'English Journey', it closes in on that increasingly ubiquitous mainstay of the contemporary English road, the long-distance container lorry.Featuring essays by the renowned social historian and geographer Doreen Massey, and by project curators Steven Bode and Bernadette Buckley, this beautifully designed small-format publication also incorporates extracts from Priestley's original text. The accompanying DVD includes a special interactive and extended version of Cross's video record of the journey, '3 hours from here'.Published by Film and Video Umbrella, in collaboration with John Hansard Gallery.

'Childhood's End' documents the conception and execution of the film installation of the same name by artists Mathew Cornford and David Cross. With the assistance of a military fighter jet (to which a film camera was attached) piloted by a retired Air Vice-Marshal, Cornford & Cross produced a film of the jet describing an 'anarchy' symbol in the skies above Cranfield airbase in Bedfordshire. This large format publication, illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographs, includes an extensive interview with the artists about the piece and its relation to their earlier projects.Published by Film and Video Umbrella, in collaboration with Norwich School of Art and Design.

Produced alongside the group exhibition 'Waterlog', this publication provides an overview of this multifaceted project, which featured specially-commissioned works by Alexander and Susan Maris, Simon Pope, Marcus Coates, Tacita Dean, Guy Moreton and Alec Finlay. Drawing inspiration from the writings of the author W.G. Sebald, the exhibition consisted of a series of forays into the imaginative topography and cultural history of East Anglia.A visual record of the various artists' works, the companion publication adds a number of commissioned texts, including typically inventive contributions from artist Alec Finlay, a new poem, 'East', by Matthew Hollis, and essays by writers Robert Macfarlane and Brian Dillon. The book also reprints two texts dedicated to Sebald's memory: 'Backwaters: Norfolk Fields' by George Szirtes, and Tacita Dean's eponymous visual essay on the author.