On Turning Up, Artists’ Film International 2024: Solidarity, FormaHQ

October 24th, 2024

Artist, filmmaker and researcher Ed Webb-Ingall screens his current work-in-progress film From Dolphin Close, 2024, which explores the social dynamics and impetus of community formation.

Shot on 16mm film with a Bolex camera, with support from artist Rhea Storr, Webb-Ingall’s new film follows a group of people in Thamesmead who have gathered to re-imagine a forgotten and rewilded Victorian munitions magazine hidden in their housing estate. The film documents the site as the artist listens to the individuals' recollections and reflections on their relationship with this unusual place, which was closed for 20 years and recently re-opened by local arts organisation, Three Rivers. Through anecdotes and encounters, Webb-Ingall explores what draws community members to get involved as well as some of the obstacles to joining in.

Following the screening, Ed Webb-Ingall and Rhea Storr will discuss the making and thematics of From Dolphin Close, 2024, and how collaboration is enacted and questioned in their filmmaking practices.

Storr’s work can be further encountered as part of AFI’24 at FormaHQ, through her collaboration with Nadeem Din-Gabisi on his film MASS. Webb-Ingall is responsible for the public programming of the London Community Video Archive, materials of which will be presented alongside AFI’24. From Dolphin Close, 2024, is commissioned and produced by Three Rivers Bexley, with funding and support from Arts Council England.