Interview with Moving Image Artist, Sam Curtis

Aesthetica interviews Sam Curtis, who will be presenting work at the Moving Image Contemporary Video Art Fair. He is also due to take part in FORMAT International Photography Festival in March.

Matt Calderwood: Paper Over the Cracks at BALTIC 39

For his solo exhibition at BALTIC 39, Matt Calderwood will create a series of ambitious new sculptures which explore the impact of environment and process on simple everyday materials.

KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival

Now in its 11th year, the KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival opens 7 March. Running until 17 March the event offers visitors an opportunity to view the best of Polish Cinema and the visual arts.

Flatpack Festival, Birmingham

Spreading across two weekends for the first time, Flatpack Festival returns to Birmingham 21 – 31 March. Includes live scores, parties, cycle-powered screenings and a celebration of Birmingham Arts Lab.

Moving Image, Contemporary Video Art Fair, New York

Moving Image opens next week in New York. For its third edition there is a line up of special projects and panel discussions, besides an international selection of single-channel videos and installations.

Babeldom by Paul Bush

Babeldom is Paul Bush’s first feature film. Starring Youla Boudali and Mark Caven, the film was part of the Official Selection at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and Sao Paulo Film Festival.

The Dark Rooms, South West Cornwall

The Dark Rooms is an exciting project by Newlyn-based curator and artist Jesse Leroy Smith that took place in the near derelict Passmore Edwards School of Science and Art building in Helston.

David Maljković: Sources in the Air, BALTIC, Gateshead

David Maljković comes to the BALTIC this March to present an overview of his large body of work. Sources in the Air includes his famous, Scene for New Heritage trilogy alongside early and recent pieces.

Kiss Me Deadly, Paradise Row Gallery, London

Kiss Me Deadly is the title given to a new group exhibition that has recently opened at Paradise Row. The exhibition, organised over two floors, explores the themes and moods of the film noir genre.

Interview with Marco Sanges

Marco Sanges shoots a cinematic world of dreams and drama. Exhibited worldwide, Sange’s clients include Agent Provocateur, Vogue, Sunday Telegraph, Photo, Katalog, Dolce&Gabbana and Eyemazing.

Spring Exhibitions at Turner Contemporary, Margate: Rosa Barba

Three new exhibitions have just opened at Margate’s seaside gallery, Turner Contemporary – Carl Andre: Mass and Matter, Rosa Barba: Subject To Constant Change and Turner: Turner’s Perspective.

Tacita Dean: JG, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Philadelphia

British-born, Berlin-based artist Tacita Dean presents her new film project JG at the Arcadia University Art Gallery. JG is the sequel to FILM, Dean’s 2011 project for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

Aurélien Froment: 9 Intervals, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin

9 Intervals is about dialogue. Dialogue between juxtaposing images, presented on two screens playing in tandem across the walls of Mother’s Tankstation Gallery from 16 January.

Review of Estrangement: Fatma Bucak, Larisa Daiga, Evariste Maïga, Samuel Williams

Estrangement presents four emerging artists whose practices and nationalities choreograph a sly line between identity, economy, politics and video art history. With work by Samuel Williams.

In Search of Belonging

The latest documentary from Marc Isaacs explores universal themes of loss, belonging and the search for home through careful observation of one neighbourhood in North London.

The Impact of Isolation

In Scott Graham’s debut feature, a father and daughter coexist in isolation and a relationship marked by complexity.

Review of Charles Atlas: Glacier at Bloomberg Space

Bloomberg Space hosts an experiential exhibition, distanced from the streets just beyond its walls. Glacier by Charles Atlas, uses a 360-degree projection to create an immersive environment.

Review of Klein + Moriyama

It might be considered to be a curatorial risk to combine the works of William Klein and Daidō Moriyama in two mellifluous exhibitions, as they are both important and vivacious artists of our time.

Review of Jonas Mekas, Serpentine Gallery, London

The exhibition titled Jonas Mekas on display at the Serpentine Gallery, London, brings forth a massive array of Mekas’ work including film stills, photographs, posters, digital prints, and installation.

42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam – A Preview Of Their Regained Programme

Besides topical new documentaries, this year’s IFFR Regained programme comprises a rich menu of innovative works using cinema’s history as a main ingredient. From 23 January – 3 February.