Film and Video Umbrella is an organisation which aims to commission and curate artist's moving image work, it has been around since the nineteen-eighties and has helped nearly two hundred artists create exhibitions and installation pieces. They usually commission five or six projects a year and try to collaborate with other galleries across the United Kingdom in order to fully realise each piece of work. According to their site, the funding opportunities they offer stem from the fact that "Film and Video Umbrella is a not-for-profit organisation. Core funding currently comes from Arts Council England, as one of their National Portfolio Organisations. We raise the vast majority of our additional funding on a project-by-project basis, from trusts, foundations and exhibition venues. A very small proportion of our project funding comes from other sources such as educational bodies, corporate sponsorship, and individual donors, and we supplement our overheads via some commercial activities such as consultancy, sales of our publications, and equipment rentals." (Film & Video Umbrella. (2013). Funding. Available: http://www.fvu.co.uk/about-us. Last accessed 24th April 2014.) As with many independent film art organisations, they make use of the Arts Council's 'National Portfolio' which enables them to apply for lottery funding and gives them a wider partnership with organisations across the United Kingdom. I feel this would be a viable option for me as they specialise in film art work and are a well-connected and well-established organisation. This point is well make on their website as it states that "Benefiting from a supportive, creative environment (and from the extensive technical and curatorial expertise that the organisation has to offer) the commissioning opportunities that Film and Video Umbrella is able to develop, in conjunction with a diverse range of partner venues, are notable for the close collaborations that are forged: with artists, and also with venues." (Film & Video Umbrella. (2013). Commissions. Available: http://www.fvu.co.uk/about-us. Last accessed 24th April 2014.) I am drawn to this as i would like to work closely with my chosen venue in order to create the best possible exhibition.
LUX
Another organisation similar to The Film & Video Umbrella is known as LUX. It operates in it's own way but still receives the majority of it's funding through The Arts Council England. The website states that "LUX is the only organisation of its kind in the UK, it represents the country’s only significant collection of artists’ film and video and is the largest distributor of such work in Europe (representing 4500 works by approximately 1500 artists from 1920s to the present day). LUX works with a large number of major institutions including museums, galleries, festivals and educational establishments, as well as directly with the public and artists." (LUX. (2013). About LUX. Available: http://lux.org.uk/about/about-lux. Last accessed 24th April 2014.) Much like the other organisations I have talked about, LUX makes use of various institutions in order to produce the best possible work, yet it stands out as being the only British organisation to discuss branching out into Europe. This would work very well with my idea as I would like to focus part of my travels within Europe and so it would be greatly beneficial for me to have my work shown there as well. Within the same page, LUX also states that "The particular focus of LUX is visual arts-based moving image work, a definition which includes experimental film, video art, installation art, performance art, personal documentary, essay films and animation and is inclusive both in terms of context and critical discourse." (LUX. (2013). About LUX. Available: http://lux.org.uk/about/about-lux. Last accessed 24th April 2014.) This particularly stood out to me as they use the the phrase 'personal documentary' which is part of what I hope to accomplish with my work. They also focus on the distribution and publication of artist's work so I would be able to exhibit in various locations and hopefully publish my photography work which would give me the greatest possible exposure.
FLAMIN
The Film Artist's Moving Image Network aims to support artist's specialising in moving image installation work, they manage their own funding programme which is outlined on their website as being "an awards scheme for London artists offering between £20,000 and £50,000 for the production of ambitious single screen works, alongside professional development and bespoke mentoring opportunities." (FLAMIN. (2013). Mission Statement. Available: http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/about_us/mission_statement. Last accessed 24th April 2014.) The only downside to this avenue of funding is that I am currently not a London-based artist. However, I do plan in the future on moving down there and so it may become a viable option further on in my career.
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