Film Screenings: ‘Feral Filmmaking’ with Jack Faber

‘Feral Filmmaking’ is an evening of short film screenings by artist Jack Faber, including his films State of Grace (2022) and Watchmen (Original Censored Version), 2008.

Faber's work studies how the surveillance-economy influences our society. He explores how moving image acts on both sides of conflict – to aggravate inequality but also as an emancipatory tool, giving agency to marginalised communities. Taking a hybrid approach to filmmaking he collages salvaged footage, CCTV documentation, archival materials, drone recordings, originally scripted and documentary materials, exploring the unseen layers of contemporary life.

Jack Faber lives in Helsinki, Finland. He has published several books while creating films, video works, site-specific installations and performances for solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries and public spaces. He won the prestigious Audience Award and Jury Prize at the Torino Film Lab 2015 after participating in Berlinale Talents Script Station and EKRAN+ film programs. He curated the international group exhibition 'Cooking for the Apocalypse' in Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (2020) and co-edited the accompanying book 'Eco Noir: A Companion for Precarious Times'.His on-going project Watchmen (2005-2022), described by critics and press as “a groundbreaking Surveillance-Art project”, became an international precedent in arts and human rights after years of juridical struggle and censorship by the Israeli court, on the grounds of its artistic merit and the freedom of speech.

The TBG+S/HIAP International Residency Exchange supports Finnish artists with a residency at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and Ireland based artists for a residency at HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme. This programme is supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland.