Video Jam was an award winning live event series I founded in 2012 and co-directed until 2022. We commissioned artists and musicians to create and perform original compositions for short pre-existing or specially commissioned artist films. An experiment in interpretation, each event presented a disparate array of film and sound, showcasing first-time and world-renowned artists alongside one another.
We hosted 50+ unique events across the UK and around the world, in spaces including a hotel rooftop in Colombo (Sri Lanka), underground vaults in London and one of the UK's oldest synagogues, working to commission with numerous major cultural institutions including the Barbican Centre, the British Council, Wellcome Collection, Knockdown Centre (New York) and Hyperlocal Festival (Buenos Aires), presenting programmes to live audiences of up to 2,000 people.
As film curator for the series I worked with hundreds of artists over the course of a decade and frequently supported young people with limited access to cultural resources, delivering workshops, masterclasses and engagements for BBC Philharmonic Studios, Northern Film + Media, Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Brighter Sound, Manchester School of Art, HOME, Blaze Festival, Falmouth University and the Royal Northern College of Music amongst others.
In 2018 Video Jam won a Manchester Culture Award. I have been shortlisted for a Sky Arts Academy Scholarship and Sekforde House Trust Scholarship for my work. Video Jam’s final event was Spaces-in-Between at the RNCM, February 2020.
Video Jam through the years
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Antwerp Mansion, Manchester, 2012
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Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Liverpool Cathedral, 2013
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Islington Mill, Salford, 2013
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Kazimer, Liverpool, 2014
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The Vaults, London, 2014
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The Vaults, London, 2014
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Manchester Art Gallery, 2014
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Manchester Art Gallery, 2014
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SOUP, Manchester, 2014
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Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, 2015
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Brighter Sound workshops, Manchester, 2015
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BBC Philharmonic, Salford, 2015
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Whitworth Art Gallery, 2015
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Whitworth Art Gallery, 2015
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Manchester Art Gallery, 2015
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FACT, Liverpool, 2016
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Manchester Jewish Museum, 2016
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Manchester Jewish Museum, 2016
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Manchester Museum, 2016
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Manchester Museum, 2016
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Sounds from the Other City, Salford, 2016
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Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2017
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Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2017
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The Knockdown Centre, New York, 2017
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The Barbican Arts Centre, London, 2018
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The Barbican Arts Centre, London, 2018
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Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2020
We hosted 50+ unique events across the UK and around the world, in spaces including a hotel rooftop in Colombo (Sri Lanka), underground vaults in London and one of the UK's oldest synagogues, working to commission with numerous major cultural institutions including the Barbican Centre, the British Council, Wellcome Collection, Knockdown Centre (New York) and Hyperlocal Festival (Buenos Aires), presenting programmes to live audiences of up to 2,000 people.
As film curator for the series I worked with hundreds of artists over the course of a decade and frequently supported young people with limited access to cultural resources, delivering workshops, masterclasses and engagements for BBC Philharmonic Studios, Northern Film + Media, Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Brighter Sound, Manchester School of Art, HOME, Blaze Festival, Falmouth University and the Royal Northern College of Music amongst others.
In 2018 Video Jam won a Manchester Culture Award. I have been shortlisted for a Sky Arts Academy Scholarship and Sekforde House Trust Scholarship for my work. Video Jam’s final event was Spaces-in-Between at the RNCM, February 2020.
Video Jam through the years
Antwerp Mansion, Manchester, 2012
Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Liverpool Cathedral, 2013
Islington Mill, Salford, 2013
Kazimer, Liverpool, 2014
The Vaults, London, 2014
The Vaults, London, 2014
Manchester Art Gallery, 2014
Manchester Art Gallery, 2014
SOUP, Manchester, 2014
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, 2015
Brighter Sound workshops, Manchester, 2015
BBC Philharmonic, Salford, 2015
Whitworth Art Gallery, 2015
Whitworth Art Gallery, 2015
Manchester Art Gallery, 2015
FACT, Liverpool, 2016
Manchester Jewish Museum, 2016
Manchester Jewish Museum, 2016
Manchester Museum, 2016
Manchester Museum, 2016
Sounds from the Other City, Salford, 2016
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2017
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2017
The Knockdown Centre, New York, 2017
The Barbican Arts Centre, London, 2018
The Barbican Arts Centre, London, 2018
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2020
“Leading audio-visual masterminds” - Time Out
“Unmissable culture” - The Guardian
“An exceptional event.” - Creative Tourist
“Video Jam stands alone as a work of art in itself: the series is now a considerable artistic oeuvre.”
- Andrew Anderson, musician and journalist
“An exciting and unpredictable one-off experience.”
- Huck magazine
“Wildly successful...a night of seamless programming.”
- The Skinny
“A great strength of the Video Jam team is their ability to create experiences which appeal on multiple levels to a very wide-ranging audience.” - Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
“Video Jam is an intense, hypnotic, and totally immersive experience...It is interesting that this combination of silent film and musical score reverts back to early cinema, and yet Video Jam achieves this collaboration in a totally new and unprecidented guise.”- Sinead Nunes, Corridor 8
“Unmissable culture” - The Guardian
“An exceptional event.” - Creative Tourist
“Video Jam stands alone as a work of art in itself: the series is now a considerable artistic oeuvre.”
- Andrew Anderson, musician and journalist
“An exciting and unpredictable one-off experience.”
- Huck magazine
“Wildly successful...a night of seamless programming.”
- The Skinny
“A great strength of the Video Jam team is their ability to create experiences which appeal on multiple levels to a very wide-ranging audience.” - Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
“Video Jam is an intense, hypnotic, and totally immersive experience...It is interesting that this combination of silent film and musical score reverts back to early cinema, and yet Video Jam achieves this collaboration in a totally new and unprecidented guise.”- Sinead Nunes, Corridor 8